Exam 12: Nervous System: Nervous Tissue

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Anterograde transport is the movement of materials from synaptic knobs to the cell body.

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A graph of an EPSP would plot time against a voltage trace that would resemble

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A nerve impulse travels fastest along ________ axons of ______ diameter.

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Wallerian degeneration involves the breakdown of

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The glial cell with perivascular feet that wrap around capillaries in the CNS is the

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The glial cell with the responsibility of occupying the space left by dead or dying neurons is the

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The epineurium is composed of

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What do all glial cells have in common

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A graded potential is one that

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There are two types of synapses,based on mode of communication.What are they

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Vesicles and glycoproteins required at the synapse are moved down a nerve fiber by _______ axonal transport.

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The hyperpolarization that occurs at the end of an action potential is due to the prolonged

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Electrical signals are conducted toward the cell body of a neuron by its __________.

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Substance P is a neuropeptide that functions in the transmission of pain information to the brain.

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Which part of the neuron contains the nucleus

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The glial cell that protects neuron cell bodies located within ganglia is the

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What type of circuit would you use to solve a higher-order mathematical problem

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As the distance between a damaged axon and its receptor organ increases,the possibility of repair increases.

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When a neuromodulator slows the reuptake of a neurotransmitter or causes expression of an increased number of receptors on postsynaptic neurons,the effect is called

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Nerve impulses are transmitted only along exposed portions of an axon.

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