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| which of the following subdivisions of the nervous system is most directly responsible for regulation of visceral function, including increasing blood pressure and increasing cardiac output |
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| an inhibitory postsynaptic potential |
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| the summation of the synaptic potentials from more than one presynaptic neuron is called |
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| the ventricles that lie within the cerebral hemispheres are the |
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| the strengths of sensory stimuli or summated synaptic potentials is often encoded as ______ |
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| the frequency of production of action potentials |
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| which one of the following cell types myelinates CNS axon |
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| which cell type would be the most responsible for determining the composition of the CSF and therefore the brain's enviornment at the level of the choroids plexus? |
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| which one of the following cells is a type of macrophage that is specific to the vertebrate central nervous system |
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| the layer of the meninges that serves as the inner periosteum of the cranial bone is |
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| the part of the brain that can directly influence or inhibit the release of hormones from the pituitary is the |
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| the brain area associates experiences necessary for the production of abstract ideas, judgement, and conscience |
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| white matter (myelinated fibers) is not found in the following location |
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| cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in |
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| the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord |
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| the central sulcus separates which lobes |
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| nuclei of cranial nerves V, VI, VII are found in the... |
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| bipolar cells are commonly |
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| found in the retina of the eye |
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| which of the following nerves do NOT contain both motor and sensory information |
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| which is not a structural feature of a neuron |
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| which of the following nerves do NOT contain both motor and sensory information? |
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| collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system are called: |
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| the nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus are part of the |
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| the pineal gland is responsible for |
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| the sympathetic and parasympathetic are subdivisions of the |
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| the motor control of the left side of the body by the right side of the brain is termed |
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| the ridges of the cerebral hemispheres are termed |
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| the primary auditory cortex is located in the |
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| what would you expect to be excluded from the CSF by the blood-brain barrier? |
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| all of the following are true of graded potentials except |
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| they increase in amplitude as they move away from the stimulus point |
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| in the generation of an action potential, reaching threshold causes |
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| opening of voltage gated Na+ channels |
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| during the resting state of neuron or muscle fiber... |
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| both Na+ and K+ are moving along their concentration gradients |
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| pressure, pain and temperature receptors are |
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| the brain stem consist of |
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| pons, medulla and midbrain |
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true or false: the limbic system acts as an emotional center |
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True or false:
a major nerve of the brachial plexus is the sciatic
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