Parts of synapses - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Rostral - Answer-toward the nose Caudal - Answer-toward the tail Major portions of the brain - Answer-Brain stem, Cerebrum, cerebellum Cerebrum is ___% of brain volume - Answer-83 Cerebellum contains ___% of the neurons - Answer-50 The brain weighs ___ pounds - Answer-3.5 Longitudinal Fissure - Answer-separates 2 cerebral hemispheres (left/right) Central Sulcus - Answer-Separates frontal & parietal lobe Gyri - Answer-folds Sulci - Answer-grooves cortex - Answer-surf...

Bios 286 - Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Functions of the brain - Correct Answer ️️ -central control of organs, consciousness, movement, problem solving, emotions, speech, perception Two types of cells in nervous system - Correct Answer ️️ -Neurons and glial cells Main purpose of neurons - Correct Answer ️️ -Receive and transmit info, sense environment, and muscle response Main purpose of glial cells - Correct Answer ️️ -Insulate neurons, transport nourishment, an...

1. Which of the following tissues is always avascular? A) connective tissue D) epithelial tissue B) muscle tissue E) nervous tissue C) skeletal tissue Ans:  D Difficulty:  Medium 2. A scientist who examines tissue changes that might indicate disease is called a A) histologist. D) epidemologist B) radiologist. E) endocrinologist. C) pathologist. Ans:  C Difficulty:  Easy 3. The tissue lining body cavities is A) epithelial tissue. D) m...

What are the two main cell types in the nervous system? - ANSWER -Neurons -Neuroglia What are the parts of the neuron? - ANSWER -Cell body: processes information -Dendrites: collects information -Axon: propagates information -Synapses: transmits information

Test Bank Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions 6th Edition HUBERT TEST BANK Table of Contents Chapter 01: Introduction to Pathophysiology Test Bank 1 Chapter 02: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances Test Bank 9 Chapter 03: Introduction to Basic Pharmacology and Other Common Therapies Test Bank 18 Chapter 04: Pain Test Bank 21 Chapter 05: Inflammation and Healing Test Bank 25 Chapter 06: Infection Test Bank 36 Chapter 07: Immunity Test Bank 44 Chapter 08: Skin Disorders Test...

Adolescence correct answer: -gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -"soft" events rather than discrete events -difficult to characterize precise onset & offset Puberty correct answer: -attainment of sexual maturation -one of many adolescent transitions -onset of biological changes associated with adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents critical period correct answer: -someone's development in whic...

Central Nervous System - correct answers brain and spinal cord Rostral - correct answers toward forehead Caudal - correct answers Toward cord longitudinal fissure - correct answers divides cerebral hemispheres Gyri - correct answers folds Sulci - correct answers grooves cortex - correct answers surface layer of gray matter Nuclei (in brain) - correct answers deeper masses of gray matter ("mini brains" cluster of cell bodies) tracts - correct answers bundles of axons (w...

Bios 286 - Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Functions of the brain - Correct Answer ️️ -central control of organs, consciousness, movement, problem solving, emotions, speech, perception Two types of cells in nervous system - Correct Answer ️️ -Neurons and glial cells Main purpose of neurons - Correct Answer ️️ -Receive and transmit info, sense environment, and muscle response Main purpose of glial cells - Correct Answer ️️ -Insulate neurons, transport nourishment, an...

PSY 101 Straighterline Final Exam Rated A+ psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes science psychology uses systematic methods to observe human behavior and draw conclusions behavior everything we do that can be directly observed mental process The thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly critical thinking thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it exami...

where does the spinal cord end in an adult L1-L2 what is inferior to the end of the spinal cord cauda equina how many spinal nerves for each section 8 cranial, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coxxygeal why are the spinal nerves mixed nerves? because they contain both motor and sensory 4 parts of gray matter anterior horns, posterior horns, lateral horns, gray commisure what in the gray matter contains the motor nuclei? anterior horns what in the...