BPK 105 MODULE 4 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

BPK 105 MODULE 4 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

central nervous system (CNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Brain and spinal
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cord.


peripheral nervous system (PNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Part of the
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nervous system not surrounded by the skull or vertebral column;
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consists of nerves and ganglia.
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neuron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cell capable of receiving a stimulus and
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propagating an action potential; a nerve cell.
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axon hillock - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-area where the axon leaves the
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neuron cell body
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axon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Main process of a neuron; usually
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conducts action potentials away from the neuron cell body.
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dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Short, treelike cell process of a
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neuron; receives stimuli.
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