TTU ZOOL 2403 EXAM 2 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? Answer: all
nervous tissue outside the CNS
◉ One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from
the ____. Answer: sensory, PNS
◉ The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. Answer:
Sensations
◉ One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the
____ Answer: motor, PNS
◉ The signals the CNS sends out produces____. Answer: movement
◉ The CNS processes and coordinates higher functions, they are:
Answer: Consciousness, intelligence, memory, learning,emotions
◉ One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ information from ____ in
the periphery to the ___. Answer: sensory, receptors, CNS
◉ One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ commands from the ___ to
____ in the periphery. Answer: motor, CNS, muscles
,◉ What are the 2 divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System? Answer:
Somamotor nervous system, Autonomic nervous system
◉ The Somamotor Nervous System controls: Answer: Skeletal muscle
contractions
◉ The Autonomic Nervous System influences: Answer: smooth and
cardiac muscle tissue contractions
◉ What are the 2 divisions of the Automatic Nervous System? Answer:
sympathetic division, parasympathetic
◉ The sympathetic division ____ the body. Answer: stimulates
◉ The " fight or flight" has to do with which division of the autonomic
nervous system? Answer: sympathetic
◉ The parasympathetic division ___ the body. Answer: relaxes
◉ The "rest and digest" has to do with which division of the autonomic
nervous system? Answer: parasympathetic
◉ What are the 2 basic cell types of nervous tissue? Answer: neurons
and neurogila
, ◉ Neurons job is to: Answer: communicate with and send signals to
other neurons or muscles in the body
◉ Neurogilas' job is to: Answer: support neurons
◉ Components of a typical neuron are: Answer: cell body, dendrites,
axon, synaptic terminals
◉ What is the function of the cell body on a neuron? Answer: it receives
and sums incoming signals from other neurons
◉ what is the function of the dendrites on a neuron? Answer: to receive
incoming signals from other neurons
◉ what is the function of the axon on a neuron? Answer: to transmit
different information to other neurons or to muscle
◉ what is the function of the synaptic terminals on a neuron? Answer: to
release chemicals into the synapse
◉ what is an action potential? Answer: an electric signal
◉ Where does the action potential take place? Answer: axon
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? Answer: all
nervous tissue outside the CNS
◉ One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from
the ____. Answer: sensory, PNS
◉ The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. Answer:
Sensations
◉ One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the
____ Answer: motor, PNS
◉ The signals the CNS sends out produces____. Answer: movement
◉ The CNS processes and coordinates higher functions, they are:
Answer: Consciousness, intelligence, memory, learning,emotions
◉ One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ information from ____ in
the periphery to the ___. Answer: sensory, receptors, CNS
◉ One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ commands from the ___ to
____ in the periphery. Answer: motor, CNS, muscles
,◉ What are the 2 divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System? Answer:
Somamotor nervous system, Autonomic nervous system
◉ The Somamotor Nervous System controls: Answer: Skeletal muscle
contractions
◉ The Autonomic Nervous System influences: Answer: smooth and
cardiac muscle tissue contractions
◉ What are the 2 divisions of the Automatic Nervous System? Answer:
sympathetic division, parasympathetic
◉ The sympathetic division ____ the body. Answer: stimulates
◉ The " fight or flight" has to do with which division of the autonomic
nervous system? Answer: sympathetic
◉ The parasympathetic division ___ the body. Answer: relaxes
◉ The "rest and digest" has to do with which division of the autonomic
nervous system? Answer: parasympathetic
◉ What are the 2 basic cell types of nervous tissue? Answer: neurons
and neurogila
, ◉ Neurons job is to: Answer: communicate with and send signals to
other neurons or muscles in the body
◉ Neurogilas' job is to: Answer: support neurons
◉ Components of a typical neuron are: Answer: cell body, dendrites,
axon, synaptic terminals
◉ What is the function of the cell body on a neuron? Answer: it receives
and sums incoming signals from other neurons
◉ what is the function of the dendrites on a neuron? Answer: to receive
incoming signals from other neurons
◉ what is the function of the axon on a neuron? Answer: to transmit
different information to other neurons or to muscle
◉ what is the function of the synaptic terminals on a neuron? Answer: to
release chemicals into the synapse
◉ what is an action potential? Answer: an electric signal
◉ Where does the action potential take place? Answer: axon
