EXSC 224 Exam 1 (Thompson) Questions With
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Name the three main things that the nervous system does. (think big picture) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. sensory input
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2. integration of data
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3. motor output
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What are the two branches of the efferent branch of the peripheral nervous
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system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Somatic & Autonomic
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In which part of the nervous system would you find 3rd order neurons? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cell body in thalamus or CNS
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Which classification of the nervous system will stimulate your GI tract? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Parasympathetic
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Name the six neuroglia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Microglia, Astrocytes,
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Olidgodendrocytes, Ependymal cells, Satellite cells, Schwann cells
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Which neuroglial cell will produce myelin in the PNS. What is its counterpart in
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the CNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Schwann in PNS
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oligodendrocytes in CNS | |
, Which neuroglial cell is a type of white blood cell and why? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Microglia bc it's a macrophage and defends. | | | | | |
Which neuroglial cell tends to be ciliated and why? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Ependymal cells to sweep the CSF around. | | | | | |
What type of organelle does a Nissl Body resemble? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Rough ER |
Where is an AP generated? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-axon hillock
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What is a collection of axons referred to in the PNS? In the CNS? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-PNS - nerves | |
CNS - tracts
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Where is a GP generated? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the cell body or soma
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How does the myelin sheath speed up an impulse? Be specific - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-insulation of channels | |
What are the two primary divisions of the Nervous system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-CNS & PNS | |
What are the nodes of Ranvier and why are they important? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Spaces between myelin where channels exist to continue AP | | | | | | | |
Correct Answers
Name the three main things that the nervous system does. (think big picture) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. sensory input
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2. integration of data
| | |
3. motor output
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What are the two branches of the efferent branch of the peripheral nervous
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system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Somatic & Autonomic
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In which part of the nervous system would you find 3rd order neurons? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cell body in thalamus or CNS
| | | | | |
Which classification of the nervous system will stimulate your GI tract? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Parasympathetic
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Name the six neuroglia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Microglia, Astrocytes,
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Olidgodendrocytes, Ependymal cells, Satellite cells, Schwann cells
| | | | | |
Which neuroglial cell will produce myelin in the PNS. What is its counterpart in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the CNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Schwann in PNS
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oligodendrocytes in CNS | |
, Which neuroglial cell is a type of white blood cell and why? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Microglia bc it's a macrophage and defends. | | | | | |
Which neuroglial cell tends to be ciliated and why? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Ependymal cells to sweep the CSF around. | | | | | |
What type of organelle does a Nissl Body resemble? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Rough ER |
Where is an AP generated? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-axon hillock
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What is a collection of axons referred to in the PNS? In the CNS? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-PNS - nerves | |
CNS - tracts
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Where is a GP generated? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the cell body or soma
| | | | | | | | | | |
How does the myelin sheath speed up an impulse? Be specific - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-insulation of channels | |
What are the two primary divisions of the Nervous system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-CNS & PNS | |
What are the nodes of Ranvier and why are they important? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Spaces between myelin where channels exist to continue AP | | | | | | | |
