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BIO 253 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED 2027 EDITION

1. Nervous system
- Sensory = impulse to CNS - Motor = impulse away from CNS - Integration = interpret impulse

2. Central (CNS)
- Brain - Spinal cord - Controls sensation, perception, movement, thinking

3. Peripheral (PNS)
- Cranial nerves - Spinal nerves - Ganglia - Connects CNS to the rest of the body

4. Cells of CNS
- Neurons - Neuroglia

5. Neurons
- CNS - Functional cells - Respond quickly to changes - Conduct electrical impulses via neurotransmitters

6. Parts of neuron
- Cell body - Axon - Dendrites

7. Axon hillock
- Cone shaped - Impulse begins

8. Synaptic knob
Located at the end of axon that secretes/stores neurotransmitter




9. Neuroglia
- CNS - Supporting cells - Protect, support, insulate, nourish neurons

10. Reflex arc
- Receptor - Sensory neuron - Interneuron - Motor neuron - Effector

11. Where are receptors of the reflex arc located?
- Skin - Every part of the body

12. What do sensory neurons do?
Carry impulses to spinal cord

13. What do interneurons do?
Connect sensory & motor neurons


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, 14. Somatic (SNS)
- PNS - Voluntary, sensory, motor - Skeletal muscle, skin

15. Autonomic (ANS)
- PNS - Involuntary - Smooth & cardiac muscle, glands (viscera)

16. Divisions of ANS
- Sympathetic - Parasympathetic

17. Sympathetic division
- Fight or flight - Stressful, emergency situation - Speeds body up - Preganglionic short because starts at
spinal cord, postganglionic long because goes directly to organ

18. Parasympathetic division
- Rest & digest - Non-stressful situations - Slows body down

19. Preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic division
- Short - Release ACh

20. Preganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic division
- Long - Release ACh

21. Postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic division
- Long - Release Norepinephrine

22. Postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic division
- Short - Release ACh

23. Sympathetic division secretes
- ACh - Norepinephrine

24. Parasympathetic division secretes
ACh

25. Schwann cells
- PNS - Only on axon - Produces myelin

26. Myelin
- Allows impulses to jump increasing speed - Needed to send impulses to peripherals - Found on axon

27. Satellite cells
- PNS - Supports cluster of neuron cell bodies (ganglia)

28. Multipolar neurons
- Most common - Many dendrites & processes

29. Bipolar neurons
- 1 axon, 1 dendrite, 2 processes - Special senses - Eyes, ears, nose

30. Unipolar neurons
- 1 process, axon & dendrite fuse - Sensory

31. Sensory neurons
- Afferent - Mostly unipolar - Some bipolar - Impulses to CNS - Carried to the brain


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