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Name the functions of the nervous system - Answer✔sensory input, integration, motor output
Describe sensory input in the nervous system - Answer✔- gathers sensory information about
external and internal environments
- input is detected by sensory nerves and travels through the body to communicate with other
cells
Describe integration in the nervous system - Answer✔- puts together all incoming sensory
signals to create a complete picture of the environment
- incorporates multiple simultaneous signals
- occurs in brain or spinal cord
Describe motor output of the nervous system - Answer✔- produces appropriate responses to
integrated sensory input by sending motor output so glad through motor nerves
- communicates signals from brain and spinal cord to body muscles (causes them to contract or
relax)
What are the 2 principal subdivisions of the nervous system? - Answer✔1. CNS (brain and spinal
cord)
2. PNS (cranial nerves, spinal nerves, ANS, special sense organs)
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Describe the organization of the nervous system - Answer✔1. CNS & PNS
2. PNS divided into motor (efferent) and sensory (afferent) systems
3. Motor (efferent) system divided into autonomic and somatic nervous systems
4. Autonomic system divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
What are the 2 principal cell types in the nervous system? - Answer✔1. Neurons
2. Supporting cells
Describe neurons - Answer✔- nerve cells
- excitable
- can generate and transmit electrical signals to other neurons
Describe the structure of a neuron - Answer✔- cell body
- cytoplasmic processes (dendrites and axon)
Describe the direction of a nerve impulse - Answer✔- unidirectional
- signals travel from dendrites to the cell body through the axon to reach dendrites of adjacent
nerves or target organs
How are neurons classified? - Answer✔by the number of cellular processes
What are the 3 classifications of neurons? - Answer✔pseudounipolar (unipolar), bipolar,
multipolar
Describe pseudounipolar neurons - Answer✔- 1 cellular process (splits into a dendrite and an
axon)
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ANAT100 - Module 5 Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Name the functions of the nervous system - Answer✔sensory input, integration, motor output
Describe sensory input in the nervous system - Answer✔- gathers sensory information about
external and internal environments
- input is detected by sensory nerves and travels through the body to communicate with other
cells
Describe integration in the nervous system - Answer✔- puts together all incoming sensory
signals to create a complete picture of the environment
- incorporates multiple simultaneous signals
- occurs in brain or spinal cord
Describe motor output of the nervous system - Answer✔- produces appropriate responses to
integrated sensory input by sending motor output so glad through motor nerves
- communicates signals from brain and spinal cord to body muscles (causes them to contract or
relax)
What are the 2 principal subdivisions of the nervous system? - Answer✔1. CNS (brain and spinal
cord)
2. PNS (cranial nerves, spinal nerves, ANS, special sense organs)
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Describe the organization of the nervous system - Answer✔1. CNS & PNS
2. PNS divided into motor (efferent) and sensory (afferent) systems
3. Motor (efferent) system divided into autonomic and somatic nervous systems
4. Autonomic system divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
What are the 2 principal cell types in the nervous system? - Answer✔1. Neurons
2. Supporting cells
Describe neurons - Answer✔- nerve cells
- excitable
- can generate and transmit electrical signals to other neurons
Describe the structure of a neuron - Answer✔- cell body
- cytoplasmic processes (dendrites and axon)
Describe the direction of a nerve impulse - Answer✔- unidirectional
- signals travel from dendrites to the cell body through the axon to reach dendrites of adjacent
nerves or target organs
How are neurons classified? - Answer✔by the number of cellular processes
What are the 3 classifications of neurons? - Answer✔pseudounipolar (unipolar), bipolar,
multipolar
Describe pseudounipolar neurons - Answer✔- 1 cellular process (splits into a dendrite and an
axon)
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