Nervous System (ATI TEAS A&P) Exam
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What is the function of the nervous system? - Answer✔serves as the center of control and
communication throughout the body
The nervous system is made up of a grid of ____________. - Answer✔neurons
Messages are sent across the nervous syst, trough a process called ____________. -
Answer✔action potential
When does action potential happen? - Answer✔when a neuron is stimulated beyond a certain
threshold
What are the three general functional types of neurons? - Answer✔sensory, motor,
interneurons
____________ neurons transmit signals to the CNS from the receptors associated with touch,
pain, temperature, hearing, sight, smell, and taste. - Answer✔sensory
____________ neurons transmit signals from the CNS to the rest of the body by signaling
muscles or glands to respond. - Answer✔motor
____________ transmit signals between neurons. - Answer✔interneurons
A neurons consists of these three basic parts. - Answer✔cell body, axon, dendrites
What is the role of the dendrites of a neuron? - Answer✔to receive impulses from sensory
receptors and transmit them towards the cell body
Where is the nucleus of a neuron? - Answer✔the cell body
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