Nerve Conduction UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What new experimental method was used after the team of scientists had the hypothesis about
mirror neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - MRI "monkey see monkey do" tests on humans
performing tasks
Which type of neuron carries information to muscle cells or glands that use information from the
brain to perform actions? - CORRECT ANSWER - motor
Which terms below are associated with communication between neurons? - CORRECT
ANSWER - chemical signals, synapse, neurotransmitters
Which words list the correct order of activated neurons in a reflex arc? - CORRECT
ANSWER - receptor, sensory, interneuron, motor, effector
Which type of neuron allows someone to feel when raindrops fall on his or her arm? -
CORRECT ANSWER - sensory neuron
Which type of neurons did scientists discover are involved in imitation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - mirror
Which best describes neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - Like all eukaryotic cells, neurons
have a nucleus that controls the activities of the cell.
Which kind of reaction best describes the transmission of information between neurons across
the synapse? - CORRECT ANSWER - chemical
Look at the image of a synapse.
mc017-1.jpg
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What new experimental method was used after the team of scientists had the hypothesis about
mirror neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - MRI "monkey see monkey do" tests on humans
performing tasks
Which type of neuron carries information to muscle cells or glands that use information from the
brain to perform actions? - CORRECT ANSWER - motor
Which terms below are associated with communication between neurons? - CORRECT
ANSWER - chemical signals, synapse, neurotransmitters
Which words list the correct order of activated neurons in a reflex arc? - CORRECT
ANSWER - receptor, sensory, interneuron, motor, effector
Which type of neuron allows someone to feel when raindrops fall on his or her arm? -
CORRECT ANSWER - sensory neuron
Which type of neurons did scientists discover are involved in imitation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - mirror
Which best describes neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - Like all eukaryotic cells, neurons
have a nucleus that controls the activities of the cell.
Which kind of reaction best describes the transmission of information between neurons across
the synapse? - CORRECT ANSWER - chemical
Look at the image of a synapse.
mc017-1.jpg
