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INBDE Neuroscience — practice questions

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

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The brain and spinal cord together make up the nervous system that is:

  1. Central
  2. Cellular
  3. Cervical
  4. Cortical
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Correct answer: A. Central

1. Everything else forms the peripheral system. 2. These two structures sit at the core. 3. They form the central nervous system. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 12, The Nervous System and Nervous Tissue._

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Nervous tissue contains glial cells and cells called:

  1. Nucleons
  2. Neurons
  3. Neutrons
  4. Nephrons
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Correct answer: B. Neurons

1. One type does the electrical signalling. 2. The other supports and protects it. 3. The signalling cells are neurons. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 12, The Nervous System and Nervous Tissue._

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The cells providing a supporting framework for neurons are called:

  1. Glial cells
  2. Goblet cells
  3. Granule cells
  4. Gamete cells
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Correct answer: A. Glial cells

1. They do not carry the signals themselves. 2. They hold the tissue together and service the neurons. 3. They are the glial cells. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 12, The Nervous System and Nervous Tissue._

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