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Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam Study
Guide.
Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - answer✔Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - answer✔parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - answer✔motor
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - answer✔axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - answer✔central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - answer✔Cell body manufactures NT's, they
are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info: - answer✔from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes - answer✔Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain barrier
phases of an action potential - answer✔depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - answer✔polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to maintain the resting state
- answer✔true
where does the NMJ terminate - answer✔on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another? - answer✔Neurons send messages through
electrochemical signals
what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ? - answer✔Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses - answer✔integration
center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex - answer✔true
Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam Study
Guide.
Collection of cell bodies in the PNS - answer✔Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion - answer✔parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons? - answer✔motor
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body - answer✔axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the - answer✔central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters - answer✔Cell body manufactures NT's, they
are stored in the secretory vesicles at the end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info: - answer✔from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes - answer✔Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a blood-brain barrier
phases of an action potential - answer✔depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is: - answer✔polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to maintain the resting state
- answer✔true
where does the NMJ terminate - answer✔on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another? - answer✔Neurons send messages through
electrochemical signals
what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ? - answer✔Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses - answer✔integration
center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex - answer✔true
