Anatomy of the Nervous System

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What type of receptor is sensitive to internal stimuli like viscera?

Interoceptor (correct)

Thermoreceptor

Exteroceptor

Proprioceptor

Which type of corpuscles sense pressure and vibration in the skin?

Tactile corpuscles

Meissner’s corpuscles

Internal lamellar corpuscles

Lamellar (Pacinian) corpuscles (correct)

What is the site of impulse summation and generation of action potential in a neuron?

Soma

Node of Ranvier

Axoplasm

Axon hillock (correct)

What type of axons conduct action potentials quickly due to insulation by myelin sheath?

Myelinated axons Signup and view all the answers

Which type of receptor provides information about body position?

Proprioceptor Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the neuron contains mitochondria, microtubules, and sER?

2 Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of internal lamellar corpuscles?

Sense pressure and vibrations in viscera Signup and view all the answers

What does axoplasm contain?

Mitochondria, microtubules, neurofilaments, and sER Signup and view all the answers

What is the main structural and functional cell of nervous tissue?

Neurons Signup and view all the answers

Which zone of the neuron is responsible for input and receives/process signals from outside the cell?

Dendritic zone Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of dendritic spines in a neuron?

Increase cell’s sensitivity to signal input Signup and view all the answers

Which type of receptors are sensitive to external stimuli?

Exteroceptors Signup and view all the answers

What types of cells are responsible for limited ability to divide and regenerate in nervous tissue?

Neurons Signup and view all the answers

Where do motor, sensory, or both functions occur in the Peripheral Nervous System?

Nerves Signup and view all the answers

What part of the neuron contains cell bodies of neurons, glial cells, and unmyelinated axons?

Grey matter Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the nervous tissue has very little extracellular matrix?

Nervous Tissue Signup and view all the answers

What do nerves contain apart from axons originating from neuron cell bodies?

Myelinated axons and glial cells Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cells are responsible for insulating axons in the Central Nervous System?

Oligodendrocytes Signup and view all the answers

What type of cells provide physical and metabolic support to neurons in the Central Nervous System?

Astrocytes Signup and view all the answers

Which cells in the Peripheral Nervous System form the myelin sheath around axons?

Schwann cells Signup and view all the answers

What are the non-neuronal cells that provide support and protection to neurons in the Peripheral Nervous System?

Satellite cells Signup and view all the answers

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What type of receptor is sensitive to internal stimuli like viscera?

Which type of corpuscles sense pressure and vibration in the skin?

What is the site of impulse summation and generation of action potential in a neuron?

What type of axons conduct action potentials quickly due to insulation by myelin sheath?

Which type of receptor provides information about body position?

Which part of the neuron contains mitochondria, microtubules, and sER?

What is the function of internal lamellar corpuscles?

What does axoplasm contain?

What is the main structural and functional cell of nervous tissue?

Which zone of the neuron is responsible for input and receives/process signals from outside the cell?

What is the function of dendritic spines in a neuron?

Which type of receptors are sensitive to external stimuli?

What types of cells are responsible for limited ability to divide and regenerate in nervous tissue?

Where do motor, sensory, or both functions occur in the Peripheral Nervous System?

What part of the neuron contains cell bodies of neurons, glial cells, and unmyelinated axons?

Which part of the nervous tissue has very little extracellular matrix?

What do nerves contain apart from axons originating from neuron cell bodies?

Which type of cells are responsible for insulating axons in the Central Nervous System?

What type of cells provide physical and metabolic support to neurons in the Central Nervous System?

Which cells in the Peripheral Nervous System form the myelin sheath around axons?

What are the non-neuronal cells that provide support and protection to neurons in the Peripheral Nervous System?

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