BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION
CHAPTERS 1 14 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What is an axon?
Answer: The part of a neuron that carries information away from the
soma.
◉ What are presynaptic terminals?
Answer: Endings of an axon that communicate with other cells.
◉ What is a motor neuron?
Answer: A neuron that conducts impulses to a muscle or gland.
◉ Where is the soma of a motor neuron?
Answer: In the spinal cord.
◉ What is a sensory neuron?
Answer: A neuron specialized to respond to a particular type of
stimulation such as touch, light, or sound.
◉ What is an afferent axon?
, Answer: Brings information into a structure.
◉ What is an efferent axon?
Answer: Carries information away from a structure.
◉ What is an interneuron?
Answer: A neuron whose dendrites and axon are contained entirely
within one structure.
◉ What are astrocytes?
Answer: Glial cells that regulate neurotransmitters, blood flow, and
nutrient delivery in the CNS.
◉ What are microglia?
Answer: Glial cells that remove waste, pathogens, and damaged or
dead neurons.
◉ What are oligodendrocytes?
Answer: Glial cells that form myelin in the brain and spinal cord.
◉ What are Schwann cells?
Answer: Glial cells that form myelin in the peripheral nervous
system.
CHAPTERS 1 14 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What is an axon?
Answer: The part of a neuron that carries information away from the
soma.
◉ What are presynaptic terminals?
Answer: Endings of an axon that communicate with other cells.
◉ What is a motor neuron?
Answer: A neuron that conducts impulses to a muscle or gland.
◉ Where is the soma of a motor neuron?
Answer: In the spinal cord.
◉ What is a sensory neuron?
Answer: A neuron specialized to respond to a particular type of
stimulation such as touch, light, or sound.
◉ What is an afferent axon?
, Answer: Brings information into a structure.
◉ What is an efferent axon?
Answer: Carries information away from a structure.
◉ What is an interneuron?
Answer: A neuron whose dendrites and axon are contained entirely
within one structure.
◉ What are astrocytes?
Answer: Glial cells that regulate neurotransmitters, blood flow, and
nutrient delivery in the CNS.
◉ What are microglia?
Answer: Glial cells that remove waste, pathogens, and damaged or
dead neurons.
◉ What are oligodendrocytes?
Answer: Glial cells that form myelin in the brain and spinal cord.
◉ What are Schwann cells?
Answer: Glial cells that form myelin in the peripheral nervous
system.
