BIOL 235 Midterm 2 Already Passed

BIOL 235 Midterm 2 Already Passed

1). Central nervous system

 Ans: brain and spinal cord


2). Peripheral nervous system

 Ans: All nervous tissue outside of the CNS


3). Number of cranial nerves

 Ans: 13


4). Number of spinal nerves

 Ans: 31


5). Ganglia

 Ans: masses of nervous tissue primarily consisting of neuronal cell bodies


6). Enteric plexus

 Ans: networks of neurons in the GI tract


7). Somatic nervous system input

 Ans: Somatic and special sensory receptors and somatic sensory neurons


8). Somatic nervous system effectors

 Ans: Somatic motor neurons (voluntary) - skeletal muscles




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, 9). Autonomic nervous system input

 Ans: Autonomic sensory receptors and autonomic sensory neurons


10). Ans two divisions

 Ans: sympathetic and parasympathetic


11). Ans effectors

 Ans: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands


12). Enteric nervous system input

 Ans: enteric motor neurons (involuntary) in enteric plexus


13). Enteric nervous system effectors

 Ans: Smooth muscle, glands, and endocrine cells of the GI tract


14). Nervous system function

 Ans: sensory, integrative, motor


15). Sensory function

 Ans: detect stimuli


16). Integrative function

 Ans: processes sensory information


17). Motor function

 Ans: elicit an appropriate response by activating effector


18). Neuroglia

 Ans: Half of the volume of the CNS




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