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A neuron exclusively uses glucose to produce energy if carbohydrates are unavailable to this cell it will get its glucose from a reaction called

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Gluconeogenesis

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A receptor protein in the plasma membrane will not bond to just any chemical in the extracellular fluid but only to certain ones this property is called

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Specificity

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The refractory period

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Limits the rate then your neuron can depolarize has an absolute and relative portion and occurs when the EPSPs reach threshold

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Which of the following can speed up this chemical reaction in a water solvent

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Heat the solution and add a catalyst

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Action potentials that control your hand muscles while writing travel through the blank tract

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Corticospinal

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Which of the following are functions of the spinal cord

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Locomotion pathway for afferent and if efferent action potential’s and reflexes

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Melanocytes

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Are distributed in the stratum basale produce a substance called melanin and provide protection from ultraviolet radiation

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A neuron fires an action potential when it’s membrane reaches

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The threshold potential

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Ependymal cells secrete blank to nourish and Cushion the blank

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Cerebrospinal fluid, CNS

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The voltage gates that trigger first are located

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At the trigger zone/axon hillock

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Temporal summation describes

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Changing the frequency of action potential’s leading to post synaptic cell

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An action potential arriving at the presynaptic terminal knob causes

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Voltage gated calcium ion channels to open and calcium ions to diffuse into the cell

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Nervous tissue consist predominately of two types of cells neurons and blank

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Neuroglia

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A collection of neuron somas in the peripheral nervous system is called a blank and a collection of neuron somas in the central nervous system is called a blank

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Ganglia, nucleus

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Action potential’s travel at their fastest conduction velocities in

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Large diametered myelinated axon

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This term is used to describe how an action potential is propagated down a myelinated axon

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Salatory conduction

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Which of the following compounds binds like a ligand to a sodium channel

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Nicotine

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At the distal end of the neuron action potentials have the same voltage/amplitude they had at the trigger zone that means they are

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Non decremental

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Local potential’s are blank meaning they vary in magnitude according to the strength of the stimulus

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Graded

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What type of current flows through the axon plasma membrane during the steep phase of repolarization

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Chiefly a potassium current

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This cell acts as a macrophage in the CNS

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Microglia

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The cell is capable of producing an action potential

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Neuron

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This cell nourishes the neurons and protects the brain from harmful chemicals

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Astrocyte

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This cell produces myelin in the CNS

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Oligodendrocyte

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If the membrane potential for neuron becomes more electronegative than it was at rest the neuron is said to be blank and is blank excitable
Hyperpolarized, less
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An action potential generates local currents that tend to blank the membrane immediately adjacent to the action potential
Depolarize
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Which of the following best describes the composition of the dermis
Collagen and fibroblast
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You can juggle three objects while walking this is the blank memory
Procedural
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Osmoreceptors and photo receptors carry blank information towards the blank nervous system
Afferent, central
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The opening of blank gates on a soma would produce an blank
Cl- and IPSP
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Postsynaptic potential's
Result from the opening of chemically gated ion channels, maybe depolarizing or hyperpolarizing, may be summed
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What is primarily responsible for the large negative stable resting membrane potential
The permeability of K plus ions when the neuron is at rest
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The outer connective tissue covering a peripheral nerve is called the
EpiNeurium
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In the equation I=V/R (ohms law) as it applies to a neuron:
V equals potential across a bilipid membrane R equals membrane permeability I equals flows of ions
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Third order neurons are found in the sensory nervous system and not the motor nervous system
True
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What type of bond involves unequal sharing of electrons
Polar covalent
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A synapse connects a neuron
To another neuron
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Monoamine oxidase
Is an enzyme
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A neuron is firing action potential's at its maximum rate of 250 per second what is the duration of its absolute refractory period
4 msec
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A neurotransmitter
Is synthesized in the soma of the cell and is stored in the synaptic knob in vesicles
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A reflex
Is a rapid automatic response to stimuli can control the movement of your hand off a hot stove and must have a sensory and motor component
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The cellular reaction responsible for production of glycogen from glucose monomers is called
Glycogenesis
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During the relative refactory period
It is possible to trigger a new action potential but only with stronger/more EPSPs
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This class of lipid molecule is used primarily for fuel
Triglyceride
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The axon terminal's of a neuron and the Planalemma of a gland cell join at the
Neuroglandular junction
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A neuron is firing action potentials at its maximum rate of 250 per second what is the duration of its absolute refractory period
4 msec
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What happens as a result of calcium ion flow at the presynaptic terminal
Synaptic vesicles migrate to the plasma membrane and release of acetylcholine
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This type of Cartlidge covers the epipysis of endochandral bones
Hyaline cartilage
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What property of neurons allows them to communicate across the synapse
Excitability
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Conduction of a nerve impulse would be the slowest in which of the following
A small diameter un mylinated fiber
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This cell produces Mylan in the PNS
Schwann
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This cell nourishes neurons and protects the brain from harmful chemicals
Astrocyte
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This cell lines the cavities of the brain and secretes cerebral spinal fluid
Ependymal cell
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This cell acts as a macrophage in the CNS
Microglia
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Action potentials that carry deep tissue injury signals to the brain travel through the blank pathway
Spinoreticular
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Which of the following compounds can stimulate sodium ligand gates
Acetylcholine
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An action potential generates local currents that tend to blank the membrane immediately adjacent to the action potential
Depolarize
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RNA plays a role in
Synthesizing proteins and copying instructions from DNA
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What enzyme breaks down acetylcholine in a synaptic cleft
Acetylcholinesterase
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A blank gate must open to effectively release blank to transmit an action potential across the synapse
Calcium voltage gate, neurotransmitter
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Calcitriol formation is stimulated by
UV light
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The most relevant free energy in the human body is the energy stored in
Covalent bonds of organic molecules
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A bundle of axons in the central nervous system is called a blank and a bundle of axons in the peripheral neverous system is called a blank
Tract, nerve
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Post tetanic potentiation
Results in short-term memory is due to excess or residual calcium in the synaptic knob after a tetanic stimulus stops and temporarily alters the resting membrane potential of the neuron
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The secretions of an osteoclast include blank and function to blank
Hydrogen ions acid phosphatase, digest calcium salts and collagen
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Which of the following ions has the greatest permeability in a resting neuron
Potassium
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Saltatory conduction is a term that describes
The action potential as it jumps between Myalin nodes
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Sebaceous glands
Produce a substance called sebum that is rich in protein and fatty acids and are holocrine glands
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You take 100 words per minute this is an example of blank memory
Procedural
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This type of gate allows sodium ions into the cell always produces an EPSP
Nicotinic
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20 EPSP's per second are delivered to a post synaptic sell at the same moment 15 IPSPs per second are delivered the result is
Depolarization
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if both presynaptic neuron's add five more action potential's per second this is an example of blank
Temporal or frequency summation
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Which of the following are not characteristics of an action potential
Decay along the length of an axon
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Mechanoreceptors and chemo receptors carry blank information towards the blank nervous system
Afferent, central
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A neurotransmitter is released into the synaptic cleft when blank enters the synaptic knob and is broken down by blank on the postsynaptic membrane
Calcium, an enzyme
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The locomotion function of the spinal cord is possible due to
Self perpetuating/triggering circuits known as central pattern generators
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What a neuron summates enough EPSPs to reach threshold
Voltage regulated sodium gates open
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Hypocalcemia will cause the following changes in neuron function
The neuron cannot release a neurotransmitter
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The absolute refractory period
Prevents an action potential from traveling toward the soma
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An action potential is always the same amplitude because
The sodium voltage gates are open for A specific length of time and it exhibits the all or none characteristic
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A reflex
Must have a sensory and motor component can control the movement of your hand off a hot stove and is a rapid automatic response to stimuli
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This reaction is necessary if circulating glucose is unavailable to a neuron
Glyconeogenesis

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