TTU ZOOL 2403 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What does the Central Nervous System include? - Answer -brain and spinal chord
What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? - Answer -all nervous tissue
outside the CNS
One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. -
Answer -sensory, PNS
The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. - Answer -Sensations
One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ - Answer -
motor, PNS
The signals the CNS sends out produces____. - Answer -movement
The CNS processes and coordinates higher functions, they are: - Answer -
Consciousness, intelligence, memory, learning,emotions
One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ information from ____ in the periphery to the
___. - Answer -sensory, receptors, CNS
One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ commands from the ___ to ____ in the
periphery. - Answer -motor, CNS, muscles
What are the 2 divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System? - Answer -Somamotor
nervous system, Autonomic nervous system
The Somamotor Nervous System controls: - Answer -Skeletal muscle contractions
The Autonomic Nervous System influences: - Answer -smooth and cardiac muscle
tissue contractions
What are the 2 divisions of the Automatic Nervous System? - Answer -sympathetic
division, parasympathetic
The sympathetic division ____ the body. - Answer -stimulates
The " fight or flight" has to do with which division of the autonomic nervous system? -
Answer -sympathetic
The parasympathetic division ___ the body. - Answer -relaxes
, The "rest and digest" has to do with which division of the autonomic nervous system? -
Answer -parasympathetic
What are the 2 basic cell types of nervous tissue? - Answer -neurons and neurogila
Neurons job is to: - Answer -communicate with and send signals to other neurons or
muscles in the body
Neurogilas' job is to: - Answer -support neurons
Components of a typical neuron are: - Answer -cell body, dendrites, axon, synaptic
terminals
What is the function of the cell body on a neuron? - Answer -it receives and sums
incoming signals from other neurons
A synapse is the ____ ___ ___ between a neuron's terminals and another cell. -
Answer -cite of contact
What are the different types of synapses? - Answer -Neuron/neuron and
neuromuscular
What is a neuron/neuron synapse? - Answer -a synapse between 2 neurons
what is a neuromuscular synapse? - Answer -a synapse between a neuron and a
muscle fiber
What are the different neuron cell types? - Answer -Sensory, motor, and interneurons
What do sensory neurons do? - Answer -deliver/interpret sensory info
What do motor neurons do? - Answer -deliver motor commands
what do interneurons do? - Answer -integrate information
What is the function of sensory receptors? - Answer -to detect sensations
What is myelin composed of? - Answer -lipids
What is the myelins' function? - Answer -insulates the axon and increases the speed of
action potentials
How many axons do Schwann Cells have? - Answer -1
How many axons do Oligodendrogila Cells have? - Answer -many
What does the Central Nervous System include? - Answer -brain and spinal chord
What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? - Answer -all nervous tissue
outside the CNS
One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. -
Answer -sensory, PNS
The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. - Answer -Sensations
One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ - Answer -
motor, PNS
The signals the CNS sends out produces____. - Answer -movement
The CNS processes and coordinates higher functions, they are: - Answer -
Consciousness, intelligence, memory, learning,emotions
One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ information from ____ in the periphery to the
___. - Answer -sensory, receptors, CNS
One function of the CNS is to deliver ___ commands from the ___ to ____ in the
periphery. - Answer -motor, CNS, muscles
What are the 2 divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System? - Answer -Somamotor
nervous system, Autonomic nervous system
The Somamotor Nervous System controls: - Answer -Skeletal muscle contractions
The Autonomic Nervous System influences: - Answer -smooth and cardiac muscle
tissue contractions
What are the 2 divisions of the Automatic Nervous System? - Answer -sympathetic
division, parasympathetic
The sympathetic division ____ the body. - Answer -stimulates
The " fight or flight" has to do with which division of the autonomic nervous system? -
Answer -sympathetic
The parasympathetic division ___ the body. - Answer -relaxes
, The "rest and digest" has to do with which division of the autonomic nervous system? -
Answer -parasympathetic
What are the 2 basic cell types of nervous tissue? - Answer -neurons and neurogila
Neurons job is to: - Answer -communicate with and send signals to other neurons or
muscles in the body
Neurogilas' job is to: - Answer -support neurons
Components of a typical neuron are: - Answer -cell body, dendrites, axon, synaptic
terminals
What is the function of the cell body on a neuron? - Answer -it receives and sums
incoming signals from other neurons
A synapse is the ____ ___ ___ between a neuron's terminals and another cell. -
Answer -cite of contact
What are the different types of synapses? - Answer -Neuron/neuron and
neuromuscular
What is a neuron/neuron synapse? - Answer -a synapse between 2 neurons
what is a neuromuscular synapse? - Answer -a synapse between a neuron and a
muscle fiber
What are the different neuron cell types? - Answer -Sensory, motor, and interneurons
What do sensory neurons do? - Answer -deliver/interpret sensory info
What do motor neurons do? - Answer -deliver motor commands
what do interneurons do? - Answer -integrate information
What is the function of sensory receptors? - Answer -to detect sensations
What is myelin composed of? - Answer -lipids
What is the myelins' function? - Answer -insulates the axon and increases the speed of
action potentials
How many axons do Schwann Cells have? - Answer -1
How many axons do Oligodendrogila Cells have? - Answer -many
