PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Which part of a neuron is primarily characterized as the information-receiving component?
a. Axon
b. Presynaptic terminal
c. Cell body
d. Dendrite
e. Myelin
2.
Which of the following is not characteristic of glial cells?a. Production of action potentials
b. Immune responses of the nervous system
c. Production of the myelin sheaths of axons
d. Modulating the growth of developing or damaged neurons
e. Buffering extracellular concentrations of some ions and neurotransmitters
3. The elements of spinal and cranial nerves that carry action potential commands from the CNS to synapses at skeletal muscles are:
a. Axons of visceral efferent neurons
b. Axons of somatic afferent neurons
c. Axons of somatic efferent neurons
d. The dorsal roots
e. Axons of visceral afferent neurons
4. The thalamus and hypothalamus are components of which major brain division?
a. Medulla
b. Pons
c. Midbrain
d. Diencephalon
e. Telencephalon