MCB Study Guide Nervous system and the Senses Miami Dade College

STUDY GUIDE. NERVOUS SYSTEM & THE SENSES




SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.




Figure 11.1

Using Figure 11.1, match the following:
1) Which is by far the most common neuron type? 1)


2) Which neuron is common only in dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord and sensory 2)
ganglia of cranial nerves?


3) In a reflex arc, which neuron has its cell body inside the spinal cord? 3)


4) Which neuron is rare? 4)


5) Which neuron is never myelinated? 5)

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, 6) Which neuron is a sensory neuron found in a reflex arc? 6)


7) Which neuron would be found in the retina of the eye? 7)


8) Which neuron would connect to a muscle? 8)




Figure 12.1

Using Figure 12.1, match the following:
9) Afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body converge here and synapse with 9)
at least one of its nuclei.


10) Putamen. 10)


11) Anterior horn of lateral ventricle. 11)


12) Inferior horn of lateral ventricle. 12)


13) Part of the basal nuclei. 13)

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