Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam
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Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - Correct Answer-Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - Correct Answer-parasympathetic
NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - Correct Answer-motor
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - Correct Answer-axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - Correct Answer-central nervous
system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - Correct Answer-Cell body
manufactures NT's, they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon
terminal
An efferent neuron carries info: - Correct Answer-from the central to peripheral nervous
system
location & function of astrocytes - Correct Answer-Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain
barrier
phases of an action potential - Correct Answer-depolarization, repolarization, after-
hyperpolarization
at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - Correct Answer-polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to maintain the
resting state - Correct Answer-true
where does the NMJ terminate - Correct Answer-on a muscle fiber
Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam