Exam 2: Communication Within the Nervous System

Sensory neurons move the muscles.

The gourmet diner who wants to play Russian roulette with his or her dinner might choose to dine on ___.

___ have a branched structure and receive stimulation from other neurons.

Neurons gather information,process it,and control muscle movements.

___ are one of the cell types composing the nervous system.

If different postsynaptic potentials occur at the same time but at different locations,___ will occur.

___ is a hormone released during stress.

Which of the following concepts does the all-or-none law describe?

If you have ever awoken from sleep to scribble down a brilliant idea,you can probably relate to ___,whose own sleep was interrupted with notes with an insight about ___.

Which of the following mechanisms of terminating transmitter action involves the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by the axon terminals?

Glial cells:

The action potential spreads through an axon by:

The condition in which ions of a similar charge repel each other and thus spread evenly through a solution is called:

Neural networks are a group of neurons that are linked in series.

The axon of a neuron:

Most neurons fire spontaneously.EPSPs ___ the rate of firing and IPSPs ___ the rate of firing.

Electrical synapses appear to function to synchronize adjacent neurons.

The conduction speed of neurons is largely a function of:

Implication(s)of the absolute refractory period:

The most important supporting cells in the nervous system are the neurons.