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Nervous System Review
By Carey C. Anderson
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Nervous System Review
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Use your notes and the book to work through the Nervous System review questions.
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Question 1
1.
What is the long skinny part of a neuron called?
Question 2
2.
Where does an action potential start?
Question 3
3.
What does an axon do?
Question 4
4.
What does the autonomic nervous system control?
Question 5
5.
What does the peripheral nervous system do?
Question 6
6.
What are Schwann cells?
Question 7
7.
What structure functions in protecting the axon and electrically insulating fibers from one another?
Question 8
8.
What structures make up the central nervous system?
Question 9
9.
What are neurotransmitters and what do they do?
Question 10
10.
What is the sequence of the phases of an action potential?
Question 11
11.
Define depolarization.
Question 12
12.
What is resting potential in mV?
Question 13
13.
What is the threshold of an action potential?
-55 to -50 mV
100 mV
-70 mV
55 mV
Question 14
14.
What is hyperpolarization?
Question 15
15.
What is considered the "feel good" neurotransmitter?
Question 16
16.
Describe the role of the sodium-potassium pump in maintaining resting potential.
Question 17
17.
What are the subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system?
Question 18
18.
Which system is considered to be the "fight or flight" division of your autonomic nervous system?