Exam (elaborations) Portage Learning A&P II

Portage Learning A&P II: Final Exam
Questions with correct Answers

, Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - CORRECT ANSWERS-Ganglia

This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - CORRECT ANSWERS-
parasympathetic NS

Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - CORRECT ANSWERS-motor

Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - CORRECT ANSWERS-
axon

An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - CORRECT ANSWERS-central
nervous system

Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWERS-Cell body
manufactures NT's, they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon
terminal

An efferent neuron carries info: - CORRECT ANSWERS-from the central to peripheral
nervous system

location & function of astrocytes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain
barrier

phases of an action potential - CORRECT ANSWERS-depolarization, repolarization,
after-hyperpolarization

at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - CORRECT ANSWERS-polarized