Nervous System Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

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1. Depolarization is a..... in membrane potential
2. The cerebellum compares
3. Fight or flight
4. What is a cell body
5. Which disease is usually diagnosed between the ages of 1-5 and patients typically do not survive past age 20?
6. An adult human brain weighs about
7. Chemicals released from vesicles at the axon terminal that diffuse across the synapse to carry the nerve impulse to the next cellreflex
8. What type of neuron is responsible for transmitting responses from the brain to the organs/limbs?
9. What type of glial cell secretes and circulates cerebrospinal fluid?
10. The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum has two hemispheres (or halves). The cerebrum controls voluntary movement, speech, intelligence, memory, emotion, and sensory processing.
11. Medull/o
12. The vertebral column is made up of how many bones
13. Meaning nerve root
14. Functions:From the body's organs, glands and muscles to the CNS, including information from the outside world (such as environmental temperature and sensation on the skin, via sensory neurons) and from the inside world (such as aches and pains) * From the CNS to the body's organs, glands and muscles, via motor neurons.
15. The body's ability to regulate its inner environment in response to changes in the outside environment is called .....
16. Do neurotransmitters bind to ligand-gated channels or voltage-gated channels?
17. ..... have dozens of dendrites but usually have only one axon
18. What is the function of photoreceptors in the retina?
19. Neurons that carry impulses away from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands are called .....
20. Susan was involved in a MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) 3 days ago. She received numerous lacerations and trauma to her right shoulder and neck area. Her PROM for her right shoulder is WNL, but she is unable to actively abduct it. The PT suspects possible nerve damage. What nerve might be affected?