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1. In an autopsy, a pathologist found an area of brain Had been damaged by in-
tissue with very high concentrations of microglia. That fection, trauma, or stroke
area of the brain most likely
2. The Nissil bodies of a neuron consist of Rough endoplasmic retic-
ulum
3. The glial cells that contribute to the blood-brain barri- Astrocytes
er in the CNS are
4. In a chemical synapse, the synaptic knobs of the Synaptic vesicles; lig-
presynaptic neuron contain _____, while the mem- and-regulated gates
brane of the postsynaltic neuron contains
5. If a neuron becomes hyperpolarized, it is less likely to True
fire
6. A bipolar neuron has One axon and one den-
trite arising from the soma
7. In this disorder, oligodendrocytes and myelin sheaths Multiple sclerosis
of the CNS deteriorate and are replaced by hardened
scar tissue
8. Local potentials differ from action potentials in all of They obey the all-or-none
these ways except that law
9. During the rising phase of an action potential Na+ is entering the neu-
ron
10. You stand up quickly and the arterial pressure in Visceral sensory
the carotid artery drops. Receptors in the wall of the
carotid artery are sensitive to stretching of the wall,
which is caused by changes in blood pressure. The
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signals from these receptors are carried to the CNS by
neurons in the __division.
11. You were going to have a spinal tap to remove some NOT epidural space, dura
cerebrospinal fluid for analysis. Starting from outside mater, arachnoid, sub-
of the spinal cord, what would be the correct order arachnoid, pia mater
of spaces and meninges through which the syringe
would pass
12. The golgi tendon reflex causes A muscle that overcon-
tracts to relax
13. A nurse pricks your finger to type your blood. You Withdrawal reflex
flinch at the pain, pulling your hand back. This is called
the
14. The upper motor neurons that control the skeletal NOT The precentral gyrus
muscles are found in of the cerebrum
15. Walking is controlled by groups of neurons in the Central pattern generators
spinal cord called
16. Sensory impulses from the genital region are trans- Pudendal nerve
mitted to the CNS by way of the
17. If a bee sting on the right thigh causes a quick invol- An intersegmental reflex
untary reaction of the right arm, we can say that ___
has occurred
18. The quickest reflex arcs involve only two neurons and Monosynaptic
are thus
19. Your spinal cord was unable to form any denticulate Side-to-side stability
ligaments. Your spinal cord would most likely lose
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20. The innermost meninx around the spinal cord is called Pia mater; terminal filum
the ____ and extends beyond the meduallary come as
the
21. This disease is marked by degeneration of motor neu- Amyotrophic lateral scle-
rons, and in most cases, neurons are destroyed by the rosis
inability of astrocytes to reabsorv glutamate, which
allows this neurotransmitter to reach toxic levels
22. An action potential carried in one nerve fiber cannot Endineurium
stimulate adjacent nerve fibers carried in the same
nerve because of the
23. The majority of cerebrospinal fluid in the spinal cord Subarachnoid space
is found in the
24. Second-order neurons synapse with neurons in the Thalamus
25. The plexus is formed by the ventral rami of nerves C4 Brachial
to T2. It innervates the upper limb and some muscles
of the neck and shoulder
26. The signals that control your handwriting travel down The corticospinal tracts
the spinal cord to
27. Anesthetics and anti-inflammatory drugs are intro- Epidural
duced into this space in the spinal cord
28. You are following the signals from a sensory neuron to Dorsal root -> dorsal Horn
the spinal cord where it synapses with a motor neuron -> ventral Horn -> ventral
that leaves the spinal cord and synapses on skeletal root -> spinal nerve
muscle. The route would be