WGU D574 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT 278 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the structure that contains ribosomes, which link
together amino acids?
Answer: Soma
◉ What is the structure that consists of a thin fiber of constant
diameter that conveys impulses?
Answer: Axon
◉ Which cells of the nervous system respond to neural activity by
altering myelin sheaths in the central nervous system?
Answer: Oligodendrocytes
◉ Which cells of the nervous system produce myelin sheaths for
insulating certain vertebrate axons in the peripheral nervous
system?
Answer: Schwann cells
◉ Which glial cells remove dead or damaged neurons?
, Answer: Microglia
◉ What are the glial cells that guide neuron migration during
embryological development?
Answer: Radial glia
◉ What is the system that conveys messages between the central
nervous system and peripheral muscles or sense organs?
Answer: Somatic nervous system
◉ Which term is used to describe the nervous system that is only
responsible for digestive activity?
Answer: Enteric nervous system
◉ What is the system that promotes sexual arousal as part of the
autonomic nervous system?
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system
◉ Which structure plays an important role in detecting sequences of
events?
Answer: Cerebellum
ASSESSMENT 278 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the structure that contains ribosomes, which link
together amino acids?
Answer: Soma
◉ What is the structure that consists of a thin fiber of constant
diameter that conveys impulses?
Answer: Axon
◉ Which cells of the nervous system respond to neural activity by
altering myelin sheaths in the central nervous system?
Answer: Oligodendrocytes
◉ Which cells of the nervous system produce myelin sheaths for
insulating certain vertebrate axons in the peripheral nervous
system?
Answer: Schwann cells
◉ Which glial cells remove dead or damaged neurons?
, Answer: Microglia
◉ What are the glial cells that guide neuron migration during
embryological development?
Answer: Radial glia
◉ What is the system that conveys messages between the central
nervous system and peripheral muscles or sense organs?
Answer: Somatic nervous system
◉ Which term is used to describe the nervous system that is only
responsible for digestive activity?
Answer: Enteric nervous system
◉ What is the system that promotes sexual arousal as part of the
autonomic nervous system?
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system
◉ Which structure plays an important role in detecting sequences of
events?
Answer: Cerebellum