Neurophysiology and Nerve Cell Signaling Quiz

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Which term refers to the brief electrical signal that travels along the membrane of a neuron or muscle cell?

Efferent

Action potential (correct)

Reflex

Afferent

Which term refers to nerve fibers that carry sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS)?

Synapse

Afferent (correct)

Efferent

Depolarize

Which of the following terms is associated with nerve fibers that carry motor commands from the CNS to muscles and glands?

Reflex

Efferent (correct)

Static equilibrium

Myelin

What process involves a change in the electrical potential across the membrane of a neuron?

Depolarize Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the fatty substance that insulates and speeds up the conduction of nerve impulses along axons?

Myelin Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus?

Reflex Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the voltage difference across the cell membrane of a resting neuron?

Resting membrane potential Signup and view all the answers

What is the specialized junction between two nerve cells where they communicate with each other?

Synapse Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the pathways in the spinal cord that transmit signals from the brain to motor neurons in the spinal cord?

Descending tracts Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following roots means 'stomach'?

Gastr- Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the brief electrical signal that travels along the membrane of a neuron or muscle cell?

Action potential Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to nerve fibers that carry sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS)?

Afferent Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following terms is associated with nerve fibers that carry motor commands from the CNS to muscles and glands?

Efferent Signup and view all the answers

What process involves a change in the electrical potential across the membrane of a neuron?

Depolarize Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the fatty substance that insulates and speeds up the conduction of nerve impulses along axons?

Myelin Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus?

Reflex Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the voltage difference across the cell membrane of a resting neuron?

Resting membrane potential Signup and view all the answers

What is the specialized junction between two nerve cells where they communicate with each other?

Synapse Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the pathways in the spinal cord that transmit signals from the brain to motor neurons in the spinal cord?

Descending tracts Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following roots means 'stomach'?

Gastr- Signup and view all the answers

Neurophysiology and Nerve Cell Signaling Quiz

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Which term refers to the brief electrical signal that travels along the membrane of a neuron or muscle cell?

Which term refers to nerve fibers that carry sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS)?

Which of the following terms is associated with nerve fibers that carry motor commands from the CNS to muscles and glands?

What process involves a change in the electrical potential across the membrane of a neuron?

Which term refers to the fatty substance that insulates and speeds up the conduction of nerve impulses along axons?

What is the term for an automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus?

Which term describes the voltage difference across the cell membrane of a resting neuron?

What is the specialized junction between two nerve cells where they communicate with each other?

Which term refers to the pathways in the spinal cord that transmit signals from the brain to motor neurons in the spinal cord?

Which of the following roots means 'stomach'?

Which term refers to the brief electrical signal that travels along the membrane of a neuron or muscle cell?

Which term refers to nerve fibers that carry sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS)?

Which of the following terms is associated with nerve fibers that carry motor commands from the CNS to muscles and glands?

What process involves a change in the electrical potential across the membrane of a neuron?

Which term refers to the fatty substance that insulates and speeds up the conduction of nerve impulses along axons?

What is the term for an automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus?

Which term describes the voltage difference across the cell membrane of a resting neuron?

What is the specialized junction between two nerve cells where they communicate with each other?

Which term refers to the pathways in the spinal cord that transmit signals from the brain to motor neurons in the spinal cord?

Which of the following roots means 'stomach'?

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