Comprehensive Exam
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What do we call neuronal processes that carry receptors for neurotransmitters and that transmit membrane potentials toward the neuronal cell body?
dendrites
What are clusters of neuronal cell bodies in the central nervous system called?
nuclei
What type of glial cell is responsible for myelinating axons in the central nervous system?
oligodendrocyte
Which labeled portion of the diagram corresponds to the depolarization of the axon?
B
What is the smallest stimulus that is capable of initiating an action potential called?
threshold
Hyperpolarization is the result of the excessive exit of which ion from the cell?
potassium
In the PhysioEx exercise, what was the effect of lidocaine on the nerve?
inhibition
Identify the indicated portion of the cerebellum.
white matter