Exam 13: The Nervous System: Neural Tissue

Figure 13.2 Using the above-referenced diagram of a myelinated axon in the PNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label F.

A communicating junction acts to facilitate ________.

Figure 13.4 Using the above-referenced diagram of a synapse, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label P.

Satellite cells surround the cell bodies of peripheral neurons, which can be found in (the)________.

Figure 13.3 Using the above-referenced diagram of an unmyelinated axon in the PNS, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label F.

What would be the consequences of severing the spinal cord from the brain?

A connection between the brain and other organs and systems in the body is called a pathway.

The ________ division of the PNS sends motor information to muscles and glands.

If an axon ________, the impulse will be conducted ________.

Bundles of neurofilaments, called ________, are cytoskeletal elements that extend into the dendrites and the axon.

Figure 13.4 Using the above-referenced diagram of a synapse, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label A.

Neuronal pools are defined on the basis of ________.

Which of the following are most closely involved with somatic sensory neurons?

The neuromuscular synapse is a chemical synapse that releases the neurotransmitter ________.

In the process known as Wallerian degeneration ________.

To contact a Schwann cell, where would a microprobe have to be inserted in the nervous system?

Figure 13.4 Using the above-referenced diagram of a synapse, identify the specified labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label E.

The nervous system and the ________ system share important structural and functional characteristics, such as relying upon some form of chemical communication with targeted tissues and organs.

Neuroglia in the nervous system function to ________.

The ventricles of the brain and central canal of the spinal cord are lined by ependymal cells, which are cuboidal to columnar in form and have slender processes that branch extensively.