Nervous System - Veterinary Anatomy and
Physiology UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. Senses changes within
or outside the body and sends that info to the spinal chord and brain.
Integrate - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. Brain and spinal cord
receive, analyze, store, and integrate the info to produce a response.
Motor - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. An instruction of the
body to do something.
Neuron - CORRECT ANSWER - The basic functional unit of nervous system. High
requirement for oxygen. Cannot reproduce but can regenerate if the cell body remains intact.
Neuroglia - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as glial cells. Provide
structural/functional support and protection to neurons.
Soma - CORRECT ANSWER - Central body cell of the neuron
Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuron cell processes that receive stimuli/impulses
and transmit information toward the soma. Short and branched.
Axons - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuron cell processes that conduct nerve impulses away
from the soma toward an other neuron or an effector cell. A long, single process.
Myelin - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell membrane of glial cells tightly wrapped around the
axon.
, Oligodendrocytes - CORRECT ANSWER - Glial cells of the brain and spinal chord
Schwann cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Glial cells of the peripheral nerves
Faster - CORRECT ANSWER - Myelinated axons conduct impulses __________ than
unmyelinated ones
White Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - Nervous tissue containing myelinated axons
Nodes of Ranvier - CORRECT ANSWER - Gaps in the myelin sheath between adjacent
glial cells
Speed of Conduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Myelin sheath and nodes of Ranvier work
together to enhance the ____________ ___ ______________ of nerve impulses along the axon.
CNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Nervous System. Consists of the Brain and Spinal
Cord
PNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Peripheral nervous system. Consists of the Nerves
extending outward from the central axis to the periphery of the body.
Cranial Nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Nerves that originate directly from the brain
Spinal nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Nerves that emerge from the spinal cord
Afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Conduct impulses toward the CNS. Also known
as sensory nerves, they conduct sensation from sensory receptors in the skin and other locations
to the CNS.
Physiology UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensory - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. Senses changes within
or outside the body and sends that info to the spinal chord and brain.
Integrate - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. Brain and spinal cord
receive, analyze, store, and integrate the info to produce a response.
Motor - CORRECT ANSWER - Function of the nervous system. An instruction of the
body to do something.
Neuron - CORRECT ANSWER - The basic functional unit of nervous system. High
requirement for oxygen. Cannot reproduce but can regenerate if the cell body remains intact.
Neuroglia - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as glial cells. Provide
structural/functional support and protection to neurons.
Soma - CORRECT ANSWER - Central body cell of the neuron
Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuron cell processes that receive stimuli/impulses
and transmit information toward the soma. Short and branched.
Axons - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuron cell processes that conduct nerve impulses away
from the soma toward an other neuron or an effector cell. A long, single process.
Myelin - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell membrane of glial cells tightly wrapped around the
axon.
, Oligodendrocytes - CORRECT ANSWER - Glial cells of the brain and spinal chord
Schwann cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Glial cells of the peripheral nerves
Faster - CORRECT ANSWER - Myelinated axons conduct impulses __________ than
unmyelinated ones
White Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - Nervous tissue containing myelinated axons
Nodes of Ranvier - CORRECT ANSWER - Gaps in the myelin sheath between adjacent
glial cells
Speed of Conduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Myelin sheath and nodes of Ranvier work
together to enhance the ____________ ___ ______________ of nerve impulses along the axon.
CNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Nervous System. Consists of the Brain and Spinal
Cord
PNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Peripheral nervous system. Consists of the Nerves
extending outward from the central axis to the periphery of the body.
Cranial Nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Nerves that originate directly from the brain
Spinal nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Nerves that emerge from the spinal cord
Afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER - Conduct impulses toward the CNS. Also known
as sensory nerves, they conduct sensation from sensory receptors in the skin and other locations
to the CNS.
