BIOL234 Nervous system review

Which is NOT a division of the Peripheral nervous system?

• Somatic nervous system

• Central nervous system

• Autonomic nervous system

• Afferent system

Which pathway transmits information from the CNS to the effector organs?

• Efferent

• Afferent

The somatic nervous system controls skeletal muscle movements

• True

• False

Which division of the ANS is dominant when we are resting, relaxing, and digesting?

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

The ANS has some role in passing information to the enteric nervous system (ENS)

• True

• False

What is a synapse?

• Specific structure that allows neurons to communicate with another cell

• Specific structure that anchors a neuron to another cell physically

• Non-specific structure that is found within the CNS

• Non-specific structure found outside the CNS, at the interface of two cells

What is the name of the chemical released from the presynaptic neurons?

• Neurotransductors

• Neurotransmitters

• Neurosynapticators

• No idea

How can a neurotransmitter evoke different effects?

• Different cell type

• Different receptor

• It doesn't the response is always the same

• Why you asking me?