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The nervous system consist of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves
True
False
True
Ependymal cells engulf and destroy microbes and cellular debris in inflamed or degenerating brain tissue
True
False
False
The afferent nervous system consist of all outgoing motor pathways
True
False
False
Oligodendrocytes form myelin sheath around nerve fibers in the CNS
True
False
True
In a myelinated fiber, the action potential jump from one node of Ranvier to the next
True
False
True
Meningitits refers to inflammation of the brain
True
False
False
A neuron that transmits a nerve impulse toward the central nervous system is called a(n)
Sensory Neuron
The myelin sheath is formed by:
Schwann cell
Nissl bodies are comparable to which organelle in other cells?
Endoplasmic reticulum
A neuron that has only one axon but several dendrites is classified as a:
Multipolar neuron
Sensory neurons are usually:
Unipolar
A synaptic knob would be located on a(n)
Axon
When current leaps across an insulating myelin sheath from node to node, the type of impulse conduction is called:
Saltatory conduction
A lack of this/these neurotransmitter(s) in the basal ganglia is/are associated with Parkinson disease
Dopamine
Dendrites conduct impulses
toward cell bodies
Interneurons reside
In the CNS only
Schwann cells have a similar function in the peripheral nervous system as these cells have in the central nervous system
Oligodendrocytes
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hey_itsdarra
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205521
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Nervous System Review 1
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5th 6th weeks
Updated
2013-03-07T01:56:52Z
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