Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Myelinated - CORRECT ANSWER - myelin is an insulating layer, which conducts signals
through the axon at a much faster speed
EPSPs - CORRECT ANSWER - are graded potentials that can initiate an AP in the axon,
produce a graded potential that lessens the chance of an AP in an axon. - small depolarization is
created
IPSPs - CORRECT ANSWER - produce a graded potential that lessens the chance of an
AP in an axon. - small hyperpolarization is created.
Clusters of RER and free ribosomes in neurons are called - CORRECT ANSWER - nissl
bodies
At the normal resting potential of a neuron, its Na K ion exchange pump transports - CORRECT
ANSWER - 3 intracellular sodium ions for 2 extracellular potassium ions
The site in the neuron where EPSPs and IPSBs are most commonly integrated is - CORRECT
ANSWER - the axon hilcock
Spatial Summation- - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 synapses required to induce EPSPs
EPSP - CORRECT ANSWER - excitatory postsynaptic potential
IPSP - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibitory postsynaptic potential
If the sodium potassium pump in the plasma membrane fails, something that would NOT happen
would be - CORRECT ANSWER - rise in intracellular Potassium K ions
,Ventral Root of spinal nerve contains - CORRECT ANSWER - cell bodies of motor
neuron
Afferent- - CORRECT ANSWER - sensory neurons that carry nerve impulses from
sensory stimuli towards the central nervous system and brain
Sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - Afferent
efferent neurons - CORRECT ANSWER - are motor neurons that carry neural impulses
away from the central nervous system and towards muscles to cause movement
Motor - CORRECT ANSWER - Efferent
Cross Extensor Reflex compliments the flexor reflex by - CORRECT ANSWER -
activating contralateral muscles
Spinal Tap- needle is punctured through - CORRECT ANSWER - subarachnoid space
Loss of feeling in lower body is an indicator that the ________ part of the spinal cord is
compressed - CORRECT ANSWER - Ascending Tracts
In adults, the Babinski Reflex suggests injury of ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
Descending Nerve Tracts
Floor of Diencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothalamus
Abduct - CORRECT ANSWER - contraction moves limb away from midline
, Adduct - CORRECT ANSWER - contraction moves limb toward midline
4 Elements of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen
Meiosis 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - begins with a diploid cell and ends with 2 cells having
the haploid number of chromosomes
Meiosis II - CORRECT ANSWER - Each of the two haploid cells divides, net result of 4
haploid gametes
Haploid - CORRECT ANSWER - having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Diploid - CORRECT ANSWER - containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from
each parent.
Mandibule Nerve - CORRECT ANSWER - Cranial nerve 5
Absorptions in the arachnoid granulations returns CSF to thr - CORRECT ANSWER -
venous circulation
Cranial Nerves that innervate eye muscles - CORRECT ANSWER - 3, 4, 6
The inferior colliculus (IC) - CORRECT ANSWER - is the principal midbrain nucleus of
the auditory pathway and receives input from several peripheral brainstem nuclei in the auditory
pathway
Reticulospinal tract - CORRECT ANSWER - does not contain sensory tracts in spinal cord