Neurons - Animal Physiology | Biology+

Course

Animal Biology

Study Pack

Set 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage

Set 2: Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology

Set 4: Physiological Development and Epigenetics

Set 5: Transport of Solutes and Water

Set 6: Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion

Set 7: Energy Metabolism

Set 8: Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism

Set 9: The Energetics of Aerobic Activity

Set 10: Thermal Relations

Set 11: Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places

Set 12: Neurons

Set 13: Synapses

Set 14: Sensory Processes

Set 15: Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks

Set 16: Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology

Set 17: Reproduction

Set 19: Control of Movement

Set 21: Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse

Set 22: Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Physiology

Set 23: External Respiration: the Physiology of Breathing

Set 24: Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids With an Introduction to Acid- Base Physiology

Set 25: Circulation

Set 26: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport at Work: Diving by Marine Mammals

Set 27: Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms

Set 29: Kidneys and Excretion With Notes on Nitrogen Excretion

Set 30: Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas

Set 28: Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments

Set 12 Neurons

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Set 12 Neurons

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The cablelike processes that convey electrical signals rapidly and faithfully from place to place in the body are called

A) cell bodies
B) dendrites
C) action potentials
D) axons

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Initiation of the action potential usually occurs _______ of the neuron.

A) in the cell body
B) on the dendrites
C) at the axon initial segment
D) on the axon

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which statement about an animal's nervous system is true?

A) Neurotransmitter is released throughout the body via the blood.
B) Signal transmission rate is relatively slow.
C) Neurons form highly discrete lines of communication.
D) Action potential signals degrade over distance.

Answer