EXSC 224 Exam 1 (Thompson)
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Name the three main things that the nervous system does. (think big
picture) - ✔✔1. sensory input
2. integration of data
3. motor output
What are the two branches of the efferent branch of the peripheral nervous
system? - ✔✔Somatic & Autonomic
In which part of the nervous system would you find 3rd order neurons? -
✔✔Cell body in thalamus or CNS
Which classification of the nervous system will stimulate your GI tract? -
✔✔Parasympathetic
Name the six neuroglia - ✔✔Microglia, Astrocytes, Olidgodendrocytes,
Ependymal cells, Satellite cells, Schwann cells
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, Which neuroglial cell will produce myelin in the PNS. What is its
counterpart in the CNS? - ✔✔Schwann in PNS
oligodendrocytes in CNS
Which neuroglial cell is a type of white blood cell and why? - ✔✔Microglia
bc it's a macrophage and defends.
Which neuroglial cell tends to be ciliated and why? - ✔✔Ependymal cells to
sweep the CSF around.
What type of organelle does a Nissl Body resemble? - ✔✔Rough ER
Where is an AP generated? - ✔✔axon hillock
What is a collection of axons referred to in the PNS? In the CNS? -
✔✔PNS - nerves
CNS - tracts
Where is a GP generated? - ✔✔the cell body or soma
How does the myelin sheath speed up an impulse? Be specific -
✔✔insulation of channels
What are the two primary divisions of the Nervous system? - ✔✔CNS &
PNS
What are the nodes of Ranvier and why are they important? - ✔✔Spaces
between myelin where channels exist to continue AP
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Name the three main things that the nervous system does. (think big
picture) - ✔✔1. sensory input
2. integration of data
3. motor output
What are the two branches of the efferent branch of the peripheral nervous
system? - ✔✔Somatic & Autonomic
In which part of the nervous system would you find 3rd order neurons? -
✔✔Cell body in thalamus or CNS
Which classification of the nervous system will stimulate your GI tract? -
✔✔Parasympathetic
Name the six neuroglia - ✔✔Microglia, Astrocytes, Olidgodendrocytes,
Ependymal cells, Satellite cells, Schwann cells
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, Which neuroglial cell will produce myelin in the PNS. What is its
counterpart in the CNS? - ✔✔Schwann in PNS
oligodendrocytes in CNS
Which neuroglial cell is a type of white blood cell and why? - ✔✔Microglia
bc it's a macrophage and defends.
Which neuroglial cell tends to be ciliated and why? - ✔✔Ependymal cells to
sweep the CSF around.
What type of organelle does a Nissl Body resemble? - ✔✔Rough ER
Where is an AP generated? - ✔✔axon hillock
What is a collection of axons referred to in the PNS? In the CNS? -
✔✔PNS - nerves
CNS - tracts
Where is a GP generated? - ✔✔the cell body or soma
How does the myelin sheath speed up an impulse? Be specific -
✔✔insulation of channels
What are the two primary divisions of the Nervous system? - ✔✔CNS &
PNS
What are the nodes of Ranvier and why are they important? - ✔✔Spaces
between myelin where channels exist to continue AP
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
