Exam 8: Nervous System

What is the term for the type of circuit in which a single presynaptic neuron synapses with many postsynaptic neurons?

What is the term for the lobe of the cerebrum that contains the primary motor area?

The type of synaptic transmission that makes it more difficult to generate an impulse is _____ transmission.

The gaps between myelin segments along an axon are called

The region of communication between two neurons is the

A circuit in which a single neuron synapses with multiple neurons is called a(n)_____ circuit.

What is the term for the tenth cranial nerve?

The band of white fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres is the

Collectively,the commissural white fibers that connect the two cerebral hemispheres are called the corpus callosum.

The spinal nerve plexus that supplies innervation to the arm is the _____ plexus.

In a nerve,each individual nerve fiber is surrounded by connective tissue called

The time during which a neuron is recovering from depolarization is the _____ period.

What is the predominant cation in the extracellular fluid outside a nonconducting neuron?

Neurons that carry impulses toward the central nervous system are

What is the term for the efferent extension of a neuron?

What is the term for the neuroglia cell that binds blood vessels to neurons and forms the blood brain barrier?

The most superior portion of the brainstem is the

Which of the following is INCORRECT concerning the cerebellum?

Normally,cerebrospinal fluid is located in the subdural space.

An afferent extension of a neuron is the