Identify the two functional sub-divisions of the peripheral nervous system.
brain
motor division
parasympathetic nervous system
sensory division
spinal cord
sympathetic nervous system
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Question 2) Identify the statement that best differentiates gray matter and white matter.
A.
Gray matter consists of bundles of axons and white matter consists of groups of cell bodies and dendrites.
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Gray matter consists of all parts of neurons and white matter is mostly glial cells.
C.
Gray matter consists of cell bodies and dendrites whereas white matter consists mostly of myelinated axons
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Question 3) ____________ are processes that conduct electric signals toward the cell body.
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Question 4) Nerve fibers are also called ____________.
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Question 5) A neuron with several dendrites and a single axon would be called a ____________ neuron.
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Question 6) Most unipolar neurons are ____________ neurons.
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Question 7) ____________ are neuroglia cells that are macrophages.
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Question 8) Action potentials are conducted rapidly from one node of Ranvier to the next in a process called ____________ conduction.
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Question 9) Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by ____________ cells.
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Question 10) ____________ are collections of neuron cell bodies located outside of the central nervous system.
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