Nervous System

All are functions of the nervous system except

• Providing sensations of internal and external environment

• Integrating sensory information

• Directing activities that continue for long periods

• Coordinating voluntary and involuntary activities

The brain and spinal cord comprise the _________ nervous system

• Autonomic

• Peripheral

• Efferent

• Central

Voluntary control of skeletal muscles is provided by the _____________ nervous system

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

• Afferent sensory

• Efferent motor

The part of the peripheral nervous system that brings information to the central nervous system is the

• Motor

• Afferent

• Efferent

• Autonomic

Which of the following is not a function of the neuroglia?

• Support

• Secretion of cerebral spinal fluid

• Isolation of neurons

• Signal transduction

Each of the following is a type of neuroglial cell of the central nervous system except

• Astrocytes

• Satellite cells

• Oligodendrocytes

• Microglia

• Ependymal cells

The most numerous glial cells in the CNS are the

• Astrocytes

• Satellite cells

• Oligodendrocytes

• Microglia

• Ependymal cells

The cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus of a neuron is called the

• Protoplasm

• Nucleoplasm

• Sarcoplasm

• Perikaryon

The axon is connected to the soma by the

• Telodendria

• Synaptic knobs

• Hillock

• Collaterals

Neurons that are small and offer no anatomical clues to distinguish the axon from the dendrite are

• Anaxonic

• Unipolar

• Multipolar

• Bipolar