A. Nerve impulse
B. Saltatory impulse
C. Presynaptic impulse
D. Postsynaptic impulse
Related Mcqs:
- The action potential ‘jumps’ along an axon. The gaps in a myelinated axon that the action potential ‘jumps’ to are called the ____________?
A. Broca’s area
B. Nodes of Ranvier
C. terminal buttons
D. Wernicke’s area - The neuron conducts the impulse in the form of nerve impulse during:
A. Threshold potential
B. Active membrane potential
C. Resting membrane potential
D. All of the above - The ___________ is responsible for the transmission of an impulse between neurons?
A. actomyosin
B. acetylcholine
C. acetyl cholinesterase
D. luteinizing hormone - The nature of a nerve impulse is primarily a/an _____________ event; communication between neurons is primarily a/an_____________
A. chemical; electrical
B. acetylcholine, catecholamine
C. dendrite; axon
D. electrical; chemical - ______ receive information from other neurons; _________ transmit information other neurons.
A. synapses, cell bodies
B. Dendrites, axon buttons
C. Axon buttons dendrites
D. Axon; cell bodies - One of the following is made of myelinated nerve fibers of tracts:
A. White matter
B. Gray matter
C. Cell bodies
D. Nerve fibers - The cytoplasmic process arising from the cell body of neuron that carries impulse towards cell body is called a:
A. Axon
B. Dendrite
C. Nissl’s granule
D. Myelin sheath - Under normal conditions a nerve impulse is initiated by an appropriate stimulus called:
A. Threshold stimulus
B. Active membrane potential
C. Resting membrane potential
D. All of the above - The powerful survival impulse that leads human infants to seek closeness to their parents is called ___________________?
A. attachment
B. imprinting
C. egocentrism
D. conservation - The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a (n):
A. ion potential
B. action potential
C. resting discharge
D. synapse
