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Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam
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Collection of cell bodies in the PNS
Ans: Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion
Ans: parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons?
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Ans: motor
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Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body
Ans: axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the
Ans: central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters
Ans: Cell body manufactures NT's, they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the
end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info:
Ans: from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes
Ans: Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a
blood-brain barrier
phases of an action potential
Ans: depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
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at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is:
Ans: polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to
maintain the resting state
Ans: true
where does the NMJ terminate
Ans: on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another?
Ans: Neurons send messages through electrochemical signals
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what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ?
Ans: Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses
Ans: integration center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex
Ans: true
Muscle Spindle detects ____ within a muscle
Ans: stretch
Flexor Withdrawal reflex involves what types of interneurons?
Ans: excitatory and inhibitory
Superficial layer of the brain meninges
Ans: dura mater
___ fissure separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum
Ans: transverse
Portage Learning A&P 2: Final Exam
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
Collection of cell bodies in the PNS
Ans: Ganglia
This part of the autonomic NS increases digestion
Ans: parasympathetic NS
Ventral root of a nerve contains what type of neurons?
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Ans: motor
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Neuron part that conducts nerve impulse away from body
Ans: axon
An interneuron inside the spinal cord is part of the
Ans: central nervous system
Describe Synthesis & Storage of Neurotransmitters
Ans: Cell body manufactures NT's, they are stored in the secretory vesicles at the
end of the axon terminal
An efferent neuron carries info:
Ans: from the central to peripheral nervous system
location & function of astrocytes
Ans: Location: CNS
Function: regulation of chemical environment inside the CNS by forming a
blood-brain barrier
phases of an action potential
Ans: depolarization, repolarization, after-hyperpolarization
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at rest, a neuron plasma membrane is:
Ans: polarized
T/F: The sodium-potassium pump must remain in constant operation to
maintain the resting state
Ans: true
where does the NMJ terminate
Ans: on a muscle fiber
how is a message sent from one neuron to another?
Ans: Neurons send messages through electrochemical signals
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Exampromax - Stuvia US
what neurotransmitter is found at the NMJ?
Ans: Acetylcholine
This part of a reflex is inside the CNS, made up of one or more synapses
Ans: integration center
T/F: Regulation of blood sugar by hormones is an example of a reflex
Ans: true
Muscle Spindle detects ____ within a muscle
Ans: stretch
Flexor Withdrawal reflex involves what types of interneurons?
Ans: excitatory and inhibitory
Superficial layer of the brain meninges
Ans: dura mater
___ fissure separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum
Ans: transverse
