level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Functional cells of the nervous system | Neuron |
| Support cells of the nervous system | Glial cells |
| Receives impulses and transmits them to soma | Dendrites |
| Transmits impulses away from the soma | Axons |
| Muscle and glands | Effectors |
| Where two cells communicate | Synapse |
| Transmits into effectors | Motor neuron |
| Totally within the CNS | Interneuron |
| Takes info to the CNS | Sensory neuron |
| Contain long axons/short dendrite | Motor neurons |
| Contain short axons/long dendrites | Sensory neurons |
| Takes info away from the CNS | Motor neuron |
| relay info / mediate reflexes | Interneurons |
| Neurons located totally within the CNS | Interneurons |
| location of sensory neuron soma | Dorsal root ganglia |
| Where sensory neuron dendrites enter the CNS | Dorsal root |
| where motor neuron axons leave the CNS | Ventral root |
| Towards a structure | Afferent |
| Away from a structure | Efferent |
| Another name for a sensory neuron | Afferent neuron |
| Another name for a motor unit | Efferent neuron |