Bio 315 Lecture exam #2 with correct
answers 100% 2027
A microscopist examining nervous tissue observes several large cells with dark staining Nissl
bodies in the cytoplasm. These cells would be __________. - Correct Answer neurons
Which of the following is not a special sense?
a) hearing
b) vision
c) smell
d) proprioception
e) taste - Correct Answer d) proprioception
A somatic motor neuron carries _________. - Correct Answer motor commands from the CNS
to the skeletal muscles
Which of the following accurately describes afferent neurons? - Correct Answer They transmit
sensory information
Where are neurontransmitters released on the neuron? - Correct Answer axon terminal
An axosomatic synapse occurs between the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron and the
___________ of the postsynaptic neuron. - Correct Answer cell body
Which is the structural classification of a neuron with a long, single membrane process that is
connected to its nerve cell body by a short segment in a T-shaped arrangement? - Correct
Answer unipolar
, In the peripheral nervous system, ganglia represent _______________. - Correct Answer
groups of neuron cell bodies in the PNS
What type of cell produces the myelin along an axon in the CENTRAL nervous system? - Correct
Answer oligodendrocyte
Regarding the embryonic development of the spinal cord, which of the following is/are derived
from neural crest cells? - Correct Answer somatic sensory neurons
In the dorsal column ascending pathway, synapses between sensory neurons (1st order
neurons) and 2nd order interneurons occur in the ___________. - Correct Answer medulla
oblongata
What type of information is conveyed in the spinothalamic ascending tracts? - Correct Answer
pain and temperature
Ciliated neuroglial cells that play an active role in forming and moving cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
are known as ____________. - Correct Answer ependymal cells
These neural support cells surround the cell bodies of sensory neurons within ganglia of the
peripheral nervous system (PNS)? - Correct Answer satellite cells
Which of the following is a descending tract in the CNS?
a) spinothalamic
b) dorsal columns
c) spinocerebellar
d) corticospinal (pyramidal)
e) cerebellar peduncles - Correct Answer d) corticospinal (pyramidal)
answers 100% 2027
A microscopist examining nervous tissue observes several large cells with dark staining Nissl
bodies in the cytoplasm. These cells would be __________. - Correct Answer neurons
Which of the following is not a special sense?
a) hearing
b) vision
c) smell
d) proprioception
e) taste - Correct Answer d) proprioception
A somatic motor neuron carries _________. - Correct Answer motor commands from the CNS
to the skeletal muscles
Which of the following accurately describes afferent neurons? - Correct Answer They transmit
sensory information
Where are neurontransmitters released on the neuron? - Correct Answer axon terminal
An axosomatic synapse occurs between the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron and the
___________ of the postsynaptic neuron. - Correct Answer cell body
Which is the structural classification of a neuron with a long, single membrane process that is
connected to its nerve cell body by a short segment in a T-shaped arrangement? - Correct
Answer unipolar
, In the peripheral nervous system, ganglia represent _______________. - Correct Answer
groups of neuron cell bodies in the PNS
What type of cell produces the myelin along an axon in the CENTRAL nervous system? - Correct
Answer oligodendrocyte
Regarding the embryonic development of the spinal cord, which of the following is/are derived
from neural crest cells? - Correct Answer somatic sensory neurons
In the dorsal column ascending pathway, synapses between sensory neurons (1st order
neurons) and 2nd order interneurons occur in the ___________. - Correct Answer medulla
oblongata
What type of information is conveyed in the spinothalamic ascending tracts? - Correct Answer
pain and temperature
Ciliated neuroglial cells that play an active role in forming and moving cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
are known as ____________. - Correct Answer ependymal cells
These neural support cells surround the cell bodies of sensory neurons within ganglia of the
peripheral nervous system (PNS)? - Correct Answer satellite cells
Which of the following is a descending tract in the CNS?
a) spinothalamic
b) dorsal columns
c) spinocerebellar
d) corticospinal (pyramidal)
e) cerebellar peduncles - Correct Answer d) corticospinal (pyramidal)
