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Skeletal System

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_____ Is the study of joints.   Arthology  
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Where two or more bones meet.   Articulation  
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What are Joints classified by?   Freedom of movement, or structure  
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The classification is based on the way bones are held together.   Structural  
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This classification is based on relative joint mobility.   Functional  
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Bones seperated by a joint cavity, lubricated by synovial fluid, enclosed in fibrous joint capsule is?   Synovial Joint  
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Bones held together by collagenous fibers extending from the matrix of one bone into the matrix of the next; no joint cavity   Fibrous joint  
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Bones held together by cartilage; no joint cavity.   Cartilaginous  
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A skull suture is what kind of joint in regards to structural classification?   Fibrous  
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The intervertebral discs are what kind of joint in regards to structural classicfication?   Cartiliginous  
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Freely movable joints are?   Diarthroses  
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What are 3 examples of a Diarthroses?   Shoulder, elbow, carpal joints  
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Joints with little or no movement are?   Synarthroses  
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What are 3 examples of Synarthroses?   Skull sutures, teeth in sockets, epiphyseal plates  
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What are the 3 Fibrous joints?   Sutures, gomphese, and syndesmoses  
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What are the two types of carliginous joints?   Synchondroses and symphyses  
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Peg and socket, such as a tooh is what kind of joint?   Gomphoses  
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What ligament is a tooth held in place by?   Fibrous Peridontal Ligament  
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Which fibrous joint is the most movable?   Syndesmoses  
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Joint in which 2 bones are bound by a ligament only?   Syndesmoses  
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Bones joined by hyaline cartilidge are?   Synchondroses joints.  
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Most of these are freely moveably   Synovial Joints  
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Viscous, slippery fluid rich in albumin and hyaluronic acis and similiar to raw egg white.   Synovial Fluid  
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In a ___ Joint, a smooth head fits within a cuplike depression.   Ball and Socket Joint  
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What joint is multiaxial and has the most range of motion?   Ball and socket Joint  
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One bone with convex surface that fits into a concave depression on the other bone is?   Hinge joint  
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Each articular surface is shaped like a saddle, concave in one direction and convex in the other, what is this joint?   Saddle Joint  
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In a ____ Joint, one bone has a projection that fits into a ringlike ligament of another.   Pivot Joint  
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Flat articular surfaces in which bones slide over each other are?   Gliding joints  
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Oval convex surface on one bone fits into a similarly shaped depression on the next   Condyloid Joint  
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___ Decreses the angle of a joint   Flexion  
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_____ straightens a joint and returns a body part to the anatomical position.   Extension  
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___ is extension of a joint beyond 180 degrees.   Hyperextension  
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___ is the movement of a part away from the midsagittal line as in raising the arm to the side   abduction  
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______ is movement towards the midsaggital line.   adduction  
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______ is a movement that raises a bone vertically   Elevation  
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_____ is lowering the mandible or the shoulders.   Depression  
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_____ is movement of a bone anterior(forward) on a horizontal plane.   Protraction  
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____ is movement of a bone posterior on a horizontal plane.   Retraction  
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A sideways movemnt to the right or left is?   Lateral excursion  
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A movement back to the midline.   Medial Excursion  
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Movement in which one end of an appendage remains stationary while the other end makes a circular motion   Circumduction  
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______ is rotation of the forearm so that the palm faces upward   Supination  
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____ is rotation of the forearm so the palm faces downward   Pronation  
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____ is movement of the thumb to approach or touch the fingertips   Opposition  
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___ is movement back to the anatomical position   Reposition  
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______ is raising of the toes as when you swing the foot forward to take a step.   Dorsiflexion  
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The extension of the foot so that the toes point downward as in standing on tiptoe   Plantar flexion  
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___ is a movement in which the soles are turned medially, hallux up.   Inversion  
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_____ is a turning of the soles to face laterally, hallux down.   Eversion  
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The ____ Skeleton for the central axis, the skull, vertebral column, ribs and bony thorax.   Axial  
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____ Skeleton includes the limbs and girdles   Appendicular  
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There are _____ bones in a typical adult skeleton.   206  
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How many bones are in the skull   22  
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___ Bone forms 'the forehead and part of the roof of the cranium   Frontal bone  
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_____ Bone is bordered by four sutures and forms the cranial roof and part of its lateral walls.   Parietal bone  
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______ Bone fors the inferolateral aspects of the skull and parts of the cranial floor.   Temporal bone  
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_____ bone is the rear and much of the base of the skull.   Occipital Bone  
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______Bone is an irregular butterfly shaped bone, also called the keystone of the cranium.   Sphenoid bone  
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_______ Bone Forms the lateral walls and roof of the nasal cavity.   Ethmoid bones  
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__ Bones form the upper jaw   Maxillary bone  
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_____ Bones are an L shaped bone, 1/3 of the hard palate, part of lateral nasal wall and part of the orbital floor.   Palatine bones  
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____ Bones forms the angels of the cheekbones   Zygomatic bones  
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Bones forms the bridge of the nose and supports cartilages of the noise   Nasal bone  
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The _____ Supports cartliage of nasal septum   Vomer  
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The only bone of the skull that can move, holds the lower teeth.   Mandible  
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.The _____ Bone is suspended from styloid processes of the skull by a sylohyoid muscle and ligament   Hyoid bone  
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Spaces between unfused skull bones are called?   Fontanels  
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How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?   Seven  
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How many vertebrae are in the thoracis region?   Twelve  
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How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?   Five  
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____ Is from lack of proper development of one vertebrae, resulting in an S shaped spine.   Scoliosis  
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A Bone disease caused by Osteoporosis   Kyphosis  
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is from weak abdominal muscles   Lordosis  
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____ discs bond vertebrae together, serve as a shock absorber   intervertebral  
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The ______ girdle attatches the upper extremity to the body   Pectoral  
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What are the 3 types of skeletal cartlidge?   Hyaline,Eleastic, and fibrocartlidge  
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____ Cartlidge provides support, flexibility and resilience. It is the most abundant skeletal cartliage.   Hyaline cartilidge  
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Similar to hyaline cartlige but contains elastic fibers   Elastic cartlidge  
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This Cartlidge is highly compress with great tensile strength, contains collagen fibers   Fibrocartilidge  
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_______ Bones are longer than they are wide.   Long bones  
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_____ Bones are cuber shaped bones of the wrist and ankle.   Short bones  
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_____ Bones are thin, flattened and a bit curved   Flat bones  
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.___ Bones are bones with complicated shapes.   Irregular  
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What are the functions of bones?   Support, protection, movement, Mineral storage, Blood cell formation  
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In regards to bone markings, a rounded projection is?   Tuberosity  
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A narrow, prominent ridge of a bone is?   Crest  
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A large blunt irregular surface is?   Trochanter  
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A narrow ridge of boneis?   A line  
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A small rounded projection is?   A tubercle  
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A raised area above a condyle is?   An epicondyle  
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A shape slender projection is?   A spine  
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Any bony prominence is a?   Process  
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A bony expansion carried on a narrow neck is a?   Head  
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A smooth, nearly flat surface is a ?   Facet  
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A rounded articular projection is?   A condyle  
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An armlike bar of bone is a ?   Ramus  
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A canal like passageway is?   A meatus  
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A cavity within in a bone is?   A sinus  
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A shallow, basin like depression is?   A fossa  
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A furrow is?   A groove  
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A narrow, slitlike opening is a ?   Fissure  
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A round or oval opening through a bone is a?   Foramen  
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What are the 2 types of bone texture?   Compact and spongy  
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The tubular shaft that forms the axis of long bones, that is made of compact bone and surrounds the medullary cavity.   Diaphysis  
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The _____ is the expanded ends of long bones, the joint surface is covered with articular cartliage   Epiphyses  
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The double- layered protective membrane covering a bone.   Periosteum  
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The delicate membrane covering the internal surface of a bone.   Endosteum  
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The structural unit of a compact bone is called _________.   Osteon or Haversian system  
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The weight bearing, column like matrix tube composed mainly of collagen is the ______.   Lamella  
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. The central channel containing blood vessels and nerves is the__________.   Central canal  
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__________ Canal is channels laying at right angels to the central canal, connecting blood and nerve supply of the periosteum to that of the harvasian canal.   Volkmanns  
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Mature bone cells are called ________.   Osteocytes  
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Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes   Lacunae  
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The hairlike canalsthat connect lacunae to each other and the central canal.   Canaliculi  
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Bone- Forming cells are _______.   Osteablasts  
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Large cells that resorb or break down bone matrix   Osteoclasts  
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Unmineralized bone matrix composed of proteoglycan, glycoproteins and collagen.   Osteoid.  
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bone ends retain the normal position in the break.   non displaced  
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Bones ends are out of normal alignment in the break   Displaced  
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Bone is broken all the way through in this break   Complete  
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bone is not broken all the way through in this break.   Incomplete  
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The fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone   Linear  
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The fracture is perpendicular to the long axis of the bone.   Transverse  
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Bone ends penetrate the skin   Simple  
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Bone fragments into 3 or more pieces; common in the elderly   Comminuted  
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Ragged break when bone is excessively twisted   Spiral  
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Broken bone portion pressed inward   Depressed  
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Bone is crushed   Compression  
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Bone are inadequately mineralized causing softened, weakened bone. Pain when weight applied to affected bone.   Osteamalacia  
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. Bones of children are inadequaltely mineralized causing softened weakened bones, bowed legs and deformities of the pelvis, skull and rib cage.   Rickets  
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Group of disease in which bone reabsorption outpaces bone deposit.   Osteoporosis  
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Characterized by excessive bone formation and breakdown.   Pagets disease  
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What are the 4 characteristics of muscle fibers?   Excitability, Contractility, extensibility, elasticity.  
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How are muscles named?   Location, action, size, shape, number of heads, origin and instertion, direction of fibers.  
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What are the function of the nervous system?   Sensory input, Motor output, Intergration  
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What allows us to consciously control our skeletal muscles?   The somatic Nervous System  
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Which type of glial cell monitors the health of neurons and can transform into a special type of macrophage to protect endangered neurons?   Microglia  
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What type of glial cell produces the myelin sheathes?   Oligondendrocytes.  
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What PNS neuroglia help to form mylein sheathes around larger nerve fibers in the PNS?   Schwann Cells  
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What are bundles of neurofilaments important in maintaining the shape and integrity of neurons?   Neruofibrils  
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Which of the following is the conducting region of the neuron?   axon  
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Which criteria is used to functionally classify neurons?   Direction nerve impulses travel relative to the CNS  
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Which of the following circuit types is involved in the control of rhythmic activities such as the sleep-wake cycle, breathing, and certain motor activities (such as arm swinging when walking)?   Reverberating circuits  
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Which pattern or neural processing works in a predictable, all-or-nothing manner, where reflexes are rapid, automatic responses to stimuli in which a particular stimulus always causes the same response?   Serial Processing  
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That part of the nervous system that is voluntary and conducts impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscles is the ________ nervous system.   somatic  
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What type of neuron carries impulses away from the CNS?   Motor  
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________ are found in the CNS and bind axons and blood vessels to each other   astrocytes  
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Schwann cells are functionally similar to ________.   oligodendrocytes  
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Bipolar neurons are commonly ________   Found in the retina  
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Ependymal cells ________.   help to circulate the cerebrospinal fluid  
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In what way does the interior surface of a cell membrane of a resting (nonconducting) neuron differ from the external environment? The interior is ________.   negatively charged and contains less sodium  
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What type of stimulus is required for an action potential to be generated?   A threshold level stimulus  
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Immediately after an action potential has peaked, which cellular gates open?   POTASSIUM  
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What does the difference in the K+ and Na+ concentration on either side of the plasma membrane (and permeability of the membrane to those ions) generate?   Resting membrane potential  
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Where in the neuron is an action potential initually generated?   Axon hillock  
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The depolarization phase of an action potential results from the opening of which channels?   Voltage gated Calcium Channels  
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The repolarization phase of an action potential results from __________.   the opening of voltage-gated K+ channels  
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Hyperpolarization results from __________.   slow closing of voltage-gated K+ channels  
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What is the magnitude (amplitude) of an action potential?   100MV  
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Saltatory conduction is made possible by ________.   The Myelin Sheath  
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During depolarization, which gradient(s) move(s) Na+ into the cell?   both the electrical and chemical gradients  
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