Chapter 10: Nervous System: Nervous Tissue and Brain

The Human Body in Health and Illness 5th Edition By Herlihy

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Chapter 10: Nervous System: Nervous Tissue and Brain

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. Which branching structures carry information toward the cell body of a neuron?
a. Synapses
b. Axons
c. Dendrites
d. Nodes of Ranvier

 

 

ANS:  C

 

  1. The neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine (ACh) are stored within the
a. tips of the dendrites.
b. cell body.
c. postsynaptic receptors.
d. axon terminals.

 

 

ANS:  D

 

  1. What is the name of the space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of a second neuron?
a. Vesicle
b. Cell body
c. Synapse
d. Node of Ranvier

 

 

ANS:  C

 

  1. What is the name of the enzyme that destroys acetylcholine?
a. Dopamine
b. ACh
c. Acetylcholinesterase
d. Norepinephrine

 

 

ANS:  C

 

  1. What term describes the hopping of the action potential (nerve impulse) along the axon from one node (of Ranvier) to the next?
a. Myelination
b. Depolarization
c. Saltatory conduction
d. Repolarization

 

 

ANS:  C

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