COMLEX-USA Level 1 Neuroscience — practice questions
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Practice COMLEX-USA Level 1 Neuroscience in the app →The brain and spinal cord together make up the nervous system that is:Nervous tissue contains glial cells and cells called:The cells providing a supporting framework for neurons are called:A bundle of axons in the central nervous system is called a:The basic functions of the nervous system are integration, response and:Conscious perception and voluntary movement are handled by the nervous system that is:The main cell body of a neuron, holding the nucleus, is called the:The tapering region where the axon leaves the cell body is the axon:The insulating substance wrapped around many axons is:A neuron with one axon and two or more dendrites is classed as:A neuron with exactly two processes, one axon and one dendrite, is classed as:The star-shaped supporting cell of the central nervous system is the:The glial cell that insulates axons in the central nervous system is the:The glial cell that insulates axons in the periphery is the:The number of axon segments a single Schwann cell insulates is:The smallest glial cells, thought to arise from macrophages, are the:The glial cell that filters blood to make cerebrospinal fluid is the:The resting membrane potential of a neuron is measured at about:Sodium concentration outside the cell exceeds that inside by a factor of about:During an action potential the membrane potential rises to about:An action potential is described as digital because if threshold is not reached, it:A chemical crossing the synapse to bind a receptor on the target neuron is a: