Neurons & Glial Cells
Signals from other neurons are most commonly received on the ________.
What are dendrites?
The cerebellum is ________ to the cerebrum.
What is inferior?
A quick, involuntary, predictable response to a stimulus is called a ________.
What is a reflex?
Chemical messengers secreted into blood by endocrine glands are called ________.
What are hormones?
The nervous system reacts ________ compared to the endocrine system
What is quickly?
A decrease in Schwann cell function may cause ________ in signal transmission.
What is a delay?
The spinal cord is divided into which regions.
What is the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx
The motor pathway of the autonomic nervous system usually involves ________ neurons.
What are two neurons?
The hypophyseal portal system connects the hypothalamus to the ________.
What is the anterior pituitary?
Testosterone and FSH work together to increase sperm production. This is a ________ effect.
What is synergistic?
Neurotransmitters are stored in ________ of the presynaptic neuron.
What are synaptic vesicles?
Somatosensory sensations like touch and pain are found in this brain lobe.
What is the parietal lobe?
The sympathetic nervous system causes pupil dilation; the parasympathetic causes constriction. This relationship is called ________.
What is antagonistic?
Most thyroid hormone release is in the form of ________.
What is T4?
Thyroid hormone preventing TRH release is an example of ________ feedback.
What is negative feedback?
The presence of ________ distinguishes white matter from gray matter.
What is myelin?
The hippocampus and amygdala belong to this brain system.
What is the limbic system?
Autonomic nervous system fibers are NOT involved in maintaining the tension of these muscles.
What are skeletal muscles?
Alpha (α) cells in the pancreas secrete ________, which raises blood glucose.
What is glucagon?
The initial response to stress is called the ________, mediated by norepinephrine and epinephrine.
What is the alarm reaction?
During the ________, a neuron cannot be restimulated.
What is the refractory period?
The fern-like white matter pattern inside the cerebellum is called the ________.
What is the arbor vitae?
Preganglionic fibers have their neurosomas in the ________.
What is the spinal cord or brain?
The hormone that stimulates uterine contractions is ________, while the hormone that stimulates water retention is ________.
What are OT and ADH?
This hormone promotes the breakdown of fat and protein.
What is cortisol?