NU551 unit 3 Neurological System Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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NU551 unit 3 Neurological System
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Neuron Structure

Ans: cell body, dendrites, axon


Neuron Structure:

Cell Body (Soma)

Ans: CNS-based; in PNS grouped in ganglia


Neuron structure: Dendrites

Ans: Carry impulses toward the cell body


Neuron Structure: Axon

Ans: Carries impulses away from the cell body


Neuron Function Types

Ans: -motor (efferent)
-sensory (afferent)


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- Associational (interneurons)


Neuron Functions: Motor (efferent)

Ans: From CNS to effector organs


Neuron Function: Associational (Interneurons)

Ans: Neuron to neuron communication


Neuron Function: Sensory (Afferent)

Ans: From periphery to CNS


Neuroglia

Ans: supporting cells of the nervous system
PNS and CNS


PNS (peripheral nervous system)

Ans: Schwann cells (myelinating & non-myelinating), satellite
glial cells


CNS (central nervous system)
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