NUR 612 (PATHO) Neuro, VC #1 Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
CONTROL CENTER - brain and spinal cord, protected by skull and vertebral column
Answer:
central nervous system (CNS)
Question 2:
ROBOT - does what the CNS tells it to do, input/output system that relays info to the CNS, consists
of structures outside the CNS
Answer:
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Question 3:
structure that allows a neuron to pass a signal to another neuron
Answer:
synapse
Question 4:
signaling molecule released from a neuron across a synapse to a target cell (another neuron) or a
muscle/gland
Answer:
neurotransmitter
Question 5:
part of neuron that receives signals and sends it to neuron cell body:
Answer:
dendrite
Question 6:
part of neuron that sends out impulses away from neuron cell body:
Answer:
axons
, Question 7:
enclosed, cable like bundle of axons, used by the peripheral nervous system to target peripheral
organs (motor), or to send info from periphery to CNS (sensory):
Answer:
nerves
Question 8:
synapses that have presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes, separated by synaptic cleft:
Answer:
chemical synapses
Question 9:
synapses that allow ions through small openings called gap junctions
Answer:
electrical synapses
Question 10:
a neurotransmitter binding with a receptor site that causes partial depolarization produces an:
Answer:
excitatory effect
Question 11:
a neurotransmitter binding with an inhibitory receptor site that causes hyperpolarization produces
an:
Answer:
inhibitory effect
Question 12:
brain develops as a hollow tube, what do the cephalic and caudal parts become?
Answer:
cephalic - brain caudal - spinal cord
Question 13:
Question 1:
CONTROL CENTER - brain and spinal cord, protected by skull and vertebral column
Answer:
central nervous system (CNS)
Question 2:
ROBOT - does what the CNS tells it to do, input/output system that relays info to the CNS, consists
of structures outside the CNS
Answer:
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Question 3:
structure that allows a neuron to pass a signal to another neuron
Answer:
synapse
Question 4:
signaling molecule released from a neuron across a synapse to a target cell (another neuron) or a
muscle/gland
Answer:
neurotransmitter
Question 5:
part of neuron that receives signals and sends it to neuron cell body:
Answer:
dendrite
Question 6:
part of neuron that sends out impulses away from neuron cell body:
Answer:
axons
, Question 7:
enclosed, cable like bundle of axons, used by the peripheral nervous system to target peripheral
organs (motor), or to send info from periphery to CNS (sensory):
Answer:
nerves
Question 8:
synapses that have presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes, separated by synaptic cleft:
Answer:
chemical synapses
Question 9:
synapses that allow ions through small openings called gap junctions
Answer:
electrical synapses
Question 10:
a neurotransmitter binding with a receptor site that causes partial depolarization produces an:
Answer:
excitatory effect
Question 11:
a neurotransmitter binding with an inhibitory receptor site that causes hyperpolarization produces
an:
Answer:
inhibitory effect
Question 12:
brain develops as a hollow tube, what do the cephalic and caudal parts become?
Answer:
cephalic - brain caudal - spinal cord
Question 13:
