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Home Student Resources Chapter 2: The brain I: basic neurophysiology Multiple choice questions

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The nervous system is divided into the ______ and the ______; the former consists of ______; the
latter______.
  ANS; CNS; the nerves around the body; the brain and spinal cord

 
CNS; PNS; the brain and spinal cord; the nerves around the body

 
ANS; PNS; the nerves around the body; the ventricles

 
CNS; PNS; the nerves around the body; the ventricles

 

The brain's supporting cells are called:

  Neurons

 
Nuclei

 
Mitochondria

 
Glial cells

 

Which of the following is not a part of a neuron?

  Nucleus

 
Dendrite

 
Synaptic cleft

 
Lobe

 

______ send signals away from neurons whereas ______ receive signals from other neurons.

  Dendrites; axons

 
Axons; synapses

 
Synapses; dendrites

 
Axons; dendrites

 

The point at which the terminal button and another neuron communicate is called ______;
communication here is made possible by the release of ______.
  Presynaptic membrane; neurotransmitters

 
Synapse; hormones

 
Synapse; neurotransmitters

 
Axon hillock; hormones

 

Each neuron has approximately how many synapses?

  Between 10,000-1,000,000

 
Between 10-100

 
Between 1-10

 
Between 100-10,000

 

______, which covers most of the axon, is important because it ______.

  Synovial fluid; facilitates electrical conduction of nerve cells



 
Membrane potential; increases conduction of nerve impulses

 
Myelin; facilitates the release of neurotransmitter

 
Cerebrospinal fluid; increases conduction of nerve impulses

 

The spaces between the covered parts of an axon are called:

  Nodes of Ranvier

 
Synaptic clefts

 
Ventricles

 
Vescicles

 

Which of the following is an example of a glial cell?

  Schwann cells

 
Astrocytes

 
Oligodendroglia

 
All of the above

 

Neurons communicate with each other by sending electrical impulses called:

  Neuromodulators

 
Neurotransmitters

 
Membrane potentials

 
Action potentials

 

When the charge across the membrane of a neuron is about ______, the charge is called the
______. This is because there are ______.
  60-70mV; resting potential; more positive ions inside the cell

 
60-70 mV; action potential; more negative ions inside the cell

 
70-100 mV; action potential; more positive ions inside the cell

 
60-70mV; resting potential; more negative ions inside the cell

 

When the neuron expels potassium:

  The inside of the cell loses negative ions and produces a negative charge inside

 
The inside of the cell loses positive ions and produces a negative charge inside

 
The inside of the cell loses positive ions and produces a positive charge inside

 
The inside of the cell loses negative ions and produces a positive charge inside

 

When the cell becomes permeable to sodium, the charge changes to ______; this is called ______.

  55mV; hyperpolarisation

 
70mV; repolarisation

 
70mV; hyperpolarisation

 
55mV; depolarisation

 

If sodium continues to enter a cell ______. This is called ______.

  The intracellular charge reverses from positive to negative; repolarisation



 
The intracellular charge reverses from positive to negative; depolarisation

 
The intracellular charge reverses from positive to negative; hyperpolarisation

 
The intracellular charge reverses from negative to positive; hyperpolarisation

 

The process described in questions 13 and 14 is called:

  The resting potential



 
The action potential

 
Neurotransmission

 
The membrane potential

 
If the stimulation of a cell is strong, the strength of the action potential produced would be:

  Twice that produced by weak stimulation



 
No different to that produced by weak stimulation

 
Stronger than that produced by weak stimulation

 
Weaker than that produced by weak stimulation

 

When depolarisation occurs ______; this allows the release of ______ into the ______.

  Potassium channels open; neurotransmitters; synaptic gap



 
Calcium channels open; neurotransmitters; synaptic gap

 
Sodium channels open; neurotransmitters; synaptic gap

 
Calcium channels open; dopamine; cell body

 

The collective name for dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline is:

  Hallucinogens

 
Neurotransmitters

 
Amines

 
Anxiolytics

 

What happens to excess neurotransmitter produced by presynaptic neurons?

  All of it is taken up by postsynaptic neurons



 
It is eliminated by substances contained within the cell body

 
It is removed and taken around the rest of the body

 
It is taken back into the presynaptic neuron

 

Neurotransmitters can inhibit or excite neurons. ______, for example, is inhibitory whereas ______
is excitatory.
  Serotonin; dopamine

 
Glutamate; GABA

 
GABA; glutamate

 
None of the above is correct

 
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