Neuroscience Final ENMU (Linda Weems) 118 Questions and Correct Answers, 100% Correct. 2024/2025.

Neuroscience Final ENMU (Linda
Weems) 118 Questions and Correct
Answers, 100% Correct. 2024/2025.
The nervous system can be divided into two major parts:

Central and peripheral nervous systems

The central nervous system is comprised of...

Brain and spinal cord

saggital plane divides brain into:

Left and right

Horizontal plane (transverse plane) divides brain into:

Top and bottom

coronal plane (frontal plane) divides brain into:

Front and back

Posterior spinal cord:

Dorsal

Inferior cerebrum:

Ventral

Anterior spinal cord:

Ventral

Superior cerebrum:

Dorsal

Posterior cerebrum

Caudal

superior spinal cord:

Rostral

Anterior cerebrum:

Rostral

inferior spinal cord:

Caudal

, Two types of cells in nervous system:

neurons and glial cells

Cell made for signaling and communicating:

Neuron

Neurons receive input through the...

Cell body or dendrites

The signal is transmitted along the..

Axon

An involuntary response to some type of stimulus

Reflex

Reflexes must minimally include a...

Sensory neuron and a motor neuron

Most axons are covered with...

Myelin (white)

The portion of the neuron that transmits the action potential is the...

Axon

Microglia

Consume harmful substances

Astrocyte

helps form the blood-brain barrier

Oligodendroglia

Forms myelin in CNS

Schwann cells

Form myelin in PNS

Voltage of a resting membrane potential

-70 to -65 mV

Voltage of an action potential

+50mV

Action potential's are initiated in the...

Axon hillock

An action potential results from