BIOD 152 PORTAGE LEARNING MODULE 1 EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWER ()

BIOD 152 PORTAGE LEARNING MODULE 1 EXAM
QUESTION AND ANSWER (2025-2026)

Question 1

This is a collection of cell bodies found in the peripheral nervous system

Ganglia



Question 2

This part of the autonomic system accelerates the heart beat and increases breathing rate.

Sympathetic nervous system



Question 3

The dorsal root of a nerve contains what type of neurons?

Sensory/ afferent



Question 4

This part of a neuron conducts nerve impulses towards the cell body

Dendrites



Question 5

A neuron going to the bicep of the forearm is part of the:

Central nervous system and autonomic nervous system

, Question 6

The neuron pictured below is best described as

Bipolar




Question 7

T/F: neurons do not physically touch one another

True



Question 8

Describe the function and release of neurotransmitters

-neurotransmitters are chemicals stored inside secretory vesicles (axon terminal vesicles) at the end of
the axon terminals



-when neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal vesicles, they carry the transmission of
the nerve impulse from one neuron to another



Question 9

An afferent neuron carries information:

From the peripheral to the central nervous system



Question 10

A postsynaptic neuron would be found:

After the synapse