PORTAGE LEARNING A&P 2: FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS | GRADED A+
Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - motor
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - Cell body manufactures NT's,
they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info: - from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes - Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain
barrier
phases of an action potential - depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to maintain the
resting state - true
where does the NMJ terminate - on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another? - Neurons send messages
through electrochemical signals
what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ? - Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses - integration
center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex - true
Muscle Spindle detects ____ within a muscle - stretch
ANSWERS | GRADED A+
Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - motor
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - Cell body manufactures NT's,
they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info: - from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes - Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain
barrier
phases of an action potential - depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to maintain the
resting state - true
where does the NMJ terminate - on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another? - Neurons send messages
through electrochemical signals
what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ? - Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses - integration
center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex - true
Muscle Spindle detects ____ within a muscle - stretch
