Week 14 Checklist  
 
Nervous System:  Test

q  Study for the Nervous System TEST:  Wednesday 5-14-08
    Do the Nervous System Study Guide found on Learningpoint under course documents.   The study guide will be due on Wednesday 5-14-08....For Points!!!   Not only do some of you need the points, it will also help you study for the Test. 
 

q  Due this week the Drug Detectives lab.   If you did not hand it in (which most of you did not)  See the lab instructions for example analysis of results sentences and how to write the conclusion with analysis of errors.  Due 5-14-08

q  The Sensory Lab is due this week 5-14-08. 

q  The Nervous System Poster is also due 5-14-08 (You will have time in class on Wednesday to work on this).

If you did not get the information for the Challenge Exam look at the following:

IMPORTANT INFO for students taking the Challenge Exam:
 You will need to fill out and give me a signed Application Signature Page and a Tech Prep Articulation Certification page.    (In effect, you must register with the college prior to the exam and give me the necessary paperwork.)  We will have a sign-up date Tues. May 20 in the library computer lab - 2:30-3:15.

The exam will be administered Tuesday May 27 at 2:30 pm in Room J-8.  

Below is a study guide.  This will need to be completed prior to the Exam.  We will devote Week 15 to reviewing for the exam.  I will answer questions you might have concerning this review packet in class May 21. 

NOTE:  Go back to Week 12 and Week 13 to download the Study Guide.  This is for points...anyone can do the study guide (even if you do not plan to take the challenge exam).  Some of you need some points to bring your grade up.  I do not usually give extra credit, but here is a chance to get some extra credit points!!

*****Just in case you are not able to get into learningpoint, I have attached the study Nervous system study guide below.  Remember this is due Wednesday 5-14-08.

Nervous System Study Guide
  1. What is the main function of the Nervous System?

 

  1. What is the basic unit of the Nervous system?

 

  1. What is the CNS and PNS?  What makes these systems up?

 

  1. What are the two main divisions of the PNS? What are their functions?

 

  1. What are the divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?  What are their functions?

 

  1. Draw and Label a Neuron.  Show the direction an impulse follows and how it moves across the synaptic cleft to the next neuron or muscle cell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is a neurotransmitter?  Give 2 examples.

 

 

 

  1. What is a
    1. Sensory Neuron
    2. Motor Neuron
    3. Inter-Neuron

 

  1. Draw, label and describe a Reflex Arc. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What controls a reflex?

 

 

 

  1. Functionally speaking, a nerve impulse is a series of changes in the membrane _________________.

 

  1. When a neuron is at rest the membrane potential is ________millivolts.  In order to reach threshold the membrane must be about _________ millivolts.  This occurs because _________ moves into the cell when it is stimulated by a nerve impulse. 

 

  1. What is a myelin sheath (what type of cells make up myelin)?  What are the spaces that separate adjacent Schwann cells called?

 

  1. What is the junction between two neurons called?

 

  1. Drug abuse usually involves those drugs which act on the ________ nervous system, are psychoactive , bind to ____________receptors, and change the chemical messages that neurons send and ________________. 

 

  1. Know the action of each of these drugs:
    1. Caffeine
    2. Nicotine
    3. Cocaine
    4. Amphetamines
    5. Alcohol
    6. Hallucinogens
    7. Cannabis

 

  1. Give the function of the following parts of the brain:
    1. Cerebrum
    2. Cerebellum
    3. Medulla oblongata
    4. Hypothalamus
    5. Pituitary gland

 

  1.  Give the function of the cerebral cortex lobes
    1. Frontal-

 

    1. Parietal

 

    1. Occipital

 

    1. Temporal

 

  1. What connects the 2 hemispheres of the brain?

 

 

  1. What does the left hemisphere of the brain specialize in?  The right hemisphere?

 

 21.  Be able to label all diagrams found on p. 71 (front and back) in your lab book (Neuron, Neuromuscular Junction, Spinal Cord and Reflex Arc). 

 

 

  

 

 
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