Anatomy Final Exam Practice Test 2024

Which of the following is used to classify a neuron?

• size of the cell body
• number of processes from cell body
• location of nodes of Ranvier
• length of the axon

When you intentionally tighten your abdominal muscles, which divisions of the nervous system are being used?

• Sensory; Somatic
• Sensory; Autonomic
• Motor; Autonomic
• Motor, Somatic

The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system is also known at the ______________ division.

• Afferent
• Efferent

When an impulse passes through a neuron, what is the correct order for transmission of the impulse?

• axon --> cell body --> dendrites
• cell body --> axon --> dendrites
• cell body --> dendrites --> axon
• dendrites --> cell body --> axon

______________ wrap around the axon of a neuron to create the _______________.

• Schawnn cells, myelin sheath
• Microglia, immune response
• Astrocytes, capillaries
• Ependymal cells, cerebrospinal fluid

Which is not true about the cerebral cortex?

• made of gray matter
• made of myelinated axons
• made of cell bodies and dendrites
• controls conscious activities

Which structures are found in the diencephalon?

• thalamus, hypothalamus,
• hypothalamus, cerebellus, thalamus
• cerebellum, pineal gland, thalamus
• thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland

Which portion of the brain is responsible for involuntary activities such as posture, breathing, and heart rate?

• cerebrum
• cerebellum
• brain stem
• spinal cord

Which of the following receptor types is incorrectly matched with item it detects?

• Mechanoreceptors; pain
• Thermoreceptors; temperature
• Photoreceptors; light
• Chemoreceptors; chemicals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

In the lacrimal apparatus, tears are produced in in the lacrimal gland, then travel across the ______________ towards the ____________ commissure before emptying into the nasolacrimal duct.

• conjuctiva, medial
• conjuctiva, lateral
• lens, medial
• lens, lateral