UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Word segment that means "few" - CORRECT ANSWER - "Oligo-"
Movement of a body part towards the midline: - CORRECT ANSWER - Adduction
Increased myelination of axons tends to increase: - CORRECT ANSWER - Speed of impulse
conduction
Neurons that have one axon and many dendrites: - CORRECT ANSWER - Multipolar
Part of the nervous system that carries signals to brain and spinal cord: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sensory division
Sequence of reflex arc - CORRECT ANSWER - receptor, sensory neuron, integration center,
motor neuron, effector
The _______ is the meninx attached to the surface of the brain, containing many nerves and
blood vessels. - CORRECT ANSWER - Pia mater
Regulatory protein on actin filaments that act as Ca2+ sensor: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Troponin
sarcolemma invagination that helps internalize the muscle impulse: - CORRECT ANSWER -
T-tubules
Word segment that means "flesh" - CORRECT ANSWER - Sarco-
, Part of the nervous system that carries signals to smooth muscles and glands: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Autonomic motor division
Major function of CN VIII: - CORRECT ANSWER - Hearing and equilibrium
Neurons with resting cell membranes tend to have: - CORRECT ANSWER - More sodium
ions outside than inside
Neurons that have two fibers that branch from opposite sides of the cell body, one is axon, the
other is dendrite: - CORRECT ANSWER - Bipolar
Neuralgia mainly responsible for forming scar tissue and part of the blood brain barrier in the
CNS: - CORRECT ANSWER - Astrocytes
Neuron organelle that contains neurotransmitters: - CORRECT ANSWER - Synaptic vesicles
Repolarization phase of the action potential is mainly caused by: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Voltage-gated K+ channels
Teeth are attached to their sockets via this type of fibrous joint: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Gomphosis
Increased diameter of axons tends to increase: - CORRECT ANSWER - Speed of impulse
conduction
Also known as the "emotional brain": - CORRECT ANSWER - Lambic system
Minimal strength of stimulus needed to cause a muscle contraction: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Threshold