Nervous System
Endocrine System
Special Senses
It's Got Potential!
Surprise Questions
100

The structural Classification of the nervous system includes these two sections 

What is CNS and PNS?

100

The anterior pituitary produces __(#)____ hormones.

What is 6?

100

The gland that produces tears in the eye.

What is the lacrimal gland?

100

Resting membrane potential

What is -70mV?

100
I see this is getting on your nerves...

What is the optic nerve?

200

The term central nervous system refers to these two organs

What is brain and spinal cord?

200

Prolactin is secreted from this gland.

What is the anterior pituitary gland?

200

The outermost tunic seen anteriorly as the "white of the eye".

What is sclera?

200

Threshold potential

What is -55mV?

200

The brain and spinal cord are protected by three connective tissue membranes that are called...

What are meninges?

300

The neuron processes that normally receive incoming stimuli.

What are dendrites?

300

This controls the pituitary gland.

What is the hypothalamus?

300

A cold can cause an ear infection when it passes through the auditory tube in what part of the ear?

What is middle ear?
300

Na+ gates rapidly open, flooding the cell with that ion. Membrane potential rapidly rises to +30mV.

What is depolarization?

300

This helps us to detect changes in our balance and body orientation

What is the semicircular canals?

400

Cells in the PNS are myelinated by these specialty cells that increase the rate at which action potentials propagate

What are schwann cells?

400

Alcohol inhibits the secretion of this hormone.

What is Antidiuretic hormone?

400
Photoreceptors are located in this region of the eye

What is the retina?

400

K+ gates slowly close; the membrane potential dips to around -90mV.

What is hyperpolarization?

400

Auditory nerve messages are interpreted in this part of the brain

What is the temporal lobe?

500

2 FUNCTIONAL classifications of motor division of the peripheral nervous system

What is Autonomic and Somatic?

500

Gonadotropic hormones are released by this gland

What is anterior pituitary gland?

500

Tympanic Membrane & Ossicles are located here.

What is the middle ear?

500

Na+ gates close and K+ gates open, the charge of the membrane begins to reverse, becoming more negative.

What is repolarization?

500

These 2 hormones are released by the thyroid gland.

What is Calcitonin and Thyroid hormone?

600

My arm pulls away from a heat source - the muscle is stimulated by these nerves.

What are motor (efferent) neurons?

600

This stimuli refers to the release of hormones in response to other hormones being released. 

What is Hormonal stimuli?

600

Vibrations from the tympanic membrane are transferred to the inner ear in this order.

What is hammer, anvil, stirrup, oval window?

600
This restores the resting potential after hyperpolarization.

What is the Na+/K+ pump?

600

The pancreas produces this when there is not enough glucose in the blood

What is glucagon?

700

Correct sequence of stimulus transfer in a typical reflex arc.

receptor, sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron, effector

700

The hormone that triggers ovulation in the female. 


What is the LH hormone?

700

Transparent anterior portion of the sclera.

What is cornea?

700

Action potentials will propagate in this way? Harry Styles knows...do you?

What is one direction?

700

Goiters are primarily the cause of this deficiency; thyroxine is not ale to be produced without it!

What is iodine?

800
These are the two major types of CELLS found in the nervous tissue

What are neurons and neuroglia?

800

Calcitonin is secreted by this gland.

What is thyroid gland?

800

The structure that regulates the amount of light that enters the eye.

What is iris?

800

This helps to speed up action potentials.

What is myelination or Schwann Cells? 

800

This one is a tough one to SWALLOW.

What is the hypoglossal nerve? 

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