ATI RN
Nervous System Multiple Choice Questions and Answers Questions
Question 1 of 5
Cells support and nourish cells that send electrical signals throughout the body.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Neuroglia (e.g., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes) support and nourish neurons, which send electrical signals. Effectors respond, and receptors detect stimuli.
Question 2 of 5
What gives white matter its white color?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: White matter’s white color comes from myelin, the lipid-rich sheath around axons, reflecting light. Dendrites and cell bodies are gray matter, and Nissl bodies are in cell bodies.
Question 3 of 5
The nucleus of a neuron is associated with the of the neuron.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The nucleus resides in the cell body (soma), which integrates signals and maintains neuron function. Axons transmit, dendrites receive, and myelin sheaths insulate.
Question 4 of 5
Identify a classification of neurons by structure.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Unipolar neuron is a structural classification (one process). Interneuron, motor, and sensory are functional types.
Question 5 of 5
Nerve signal transmission over myelinated axons is called
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Saltatory conduction is impulse jumping between nodes of Ranvier on myelinated axons, speeding transmission.