Anatomy Lab Practice Exam 4 - Statement Questions

  1. What are clusters of neuronal cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system called?
    ganglia
  2. What do we call neuronal
    processes that carry receptors for neurotransmitters and that transmit
    membrane potentials toward the neuronal cell body?
    Dendrites
  3. What type of glial cell is responsible for supporting neurons and maintaining the blood/brain barrier?
    astrocytes
  4. What do we call the period during which initiation of an action potential requires a higher than normal threshold stimulus?
    relative refractory period
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