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Anatomy wk 7-12
Question | Answer |
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The afferent pathways of the autonomic nervous system: | carry feedback information to integrating centers in the brain. |
One of the components of the blood-brain barrier is: | astrocytes |
The part of the nervous system that transmits impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscle is the: | somatic nervous system |
Schwann cells have a function in the PNS that is similar to that of which cells in the CNS? | oligodendrocytes |
Parasympathetic neuron cell bodies are located in: | nuclei of the brainstem and the lateral gray columns of the sacral cord. |
The brain has _____ major divisions. | six |
Which plexus contains nerves that innervate the lower part of the shoulder and the entire arm? | brachial |
All of the following are characteristics of sympathetic preganglionic neurons except: | they have long fibers from CNS to ganglion. |
Region of the hypophysis that contains secretory endocrine cells derived from the oral ectoderm. | adenohypophysis |
Fluid filling the posterior segment of the eye. | aqueous humor |
Endolymph is made | in the stria vascularis. |
The normal cardiac impulse that initiates mechanical contraction of the heart arises in the | SA |
Which organ has several functions, including defense, hematopoiesis, red blood cell and platelet destruction, and blood reservoir? | spleen |
During their residence in the thymus, pre-T cells develop into _____, cells that proliferate as rapidly as any in the body. | thymocytes |
Olfactory epithelium is found: | covering the superior turbinate. |
The function of the vibrissae in the vestibule is to: | provide an initial “filter” to screen particulate matter from air that is entering the system. |