1. What structure do sound waves strike and cause to vibrate?
2. The vibrations are transferred to the three bones of the middle ear. From lateral to medial, what
are those bones?
3. What structure transfers this vibration to the oval window?
4. The vibrations are then transferred to a fluid-filled chamber of the inner ear. What is that fluid, and
what is the name of that chamber?
5. What is the difference in location for the detection of high-pitched and low-pitched sounds?
1. Name and describe the colored part of the eye.
2. What is its function?
3. Name the opening in the middle of this structure.
4. Describe the short ciliary nerves.
5. Describe the ciliary ganglion.
6. Name the muscle that allows looking upward and outward.
7. Name the muscle that allows looking downward and medially.
8. Name the nerve responsible for the special sensation of vision.
9. Name the outer layer of the posterior five-sixths of the eye.
10. Describe the tissue of this structure.
11. Name the outer layer of the anterior one-sixth of the eye.
12. Describe the tissue of this structure.
1. Name the cranial nerves responsible for taste. Name the structures innervated by each of these
nerves.
2. Name the ovoid collections of lymphoid tissue covered with mucous membrane on the posterior
aspect of the tongue.
3. Name the three subdivisions of the pharynx.
4. Name the three types of cells found in taste buds.
5. What is another name for olfactory neurons?
6. Name the cranial nerve responsible for hearing and balance.
7. Name the organ of hearing.
8. Name the two organs of balance.
9. Name the bony canal of the external ear.
1. Name the two types of cell processes.
2. Which of the cell processes convey efferent nerve impulses?
3. Which of the cell processes convey afferent nerve impulses?
4. What are Nissl bodies?
5. What structures of the soma support a neuron’s structure and function?
6. Which cell processes are not myelinated?
7. Which specific cell processes are usually myelinated?
8. Which cell processes arise from the axon hillock?
9. Which cell processes are usually without branches near the cell of origin?
10. Which cell processes receive information from other neurons?
11. Which cell processes convey information to other neurons or effectors?
12. Name a type of neuron composed of a soma, multiple dendrites, and a single axon.
13. Describe the axon hillock.
14. Name the largest membrane-bound organelle of the neuron.
15. What is located within this organelle?
16. Name the distinct round, dark-staining organelle in the nucleus of the neuron. What is its
function?
17. Name the structure that surrounds the myelinated neuron.
18. Name the myelinating cells for the CNS.
19. Name the myelinating cells for the PNS.
20. At what speeds do nerve impulses travel along unmyelinated neurons?
21. At what speeds do nerve impulses travel along comparable myelinated neurons?
22. Where do unmyelinated axons rest?
23. Describe the myelin sheath.
24. What is cytosol?
25. Describe the synapse.
26. Where is it located?
27. What is its function?
28. Describe the synaptic cleft.
29. Where is it located?
30. What is its function?
31. Describe synaptic vesicles.
32. Where are they located?
33. What is their function?
34. Define a neurotransmitter. Give two examples of neurotransmitters.
35. What is the function of the mitochondria?
36. Describe the presynaptic terminals.
37. Where are they located?
38. What is their function?
39. Define neuromuscular junction.
40. Describe the neuromuscular junction.
41. What neurotransmitter is released at the neuromuscular junction?
42. Describe the axon of a motor neuron.
43. What is its function?
44. What is the name for the cleft between the internodes of the myelin sheath?
45. What is salutatory conduction?
46. What is lacking between myelin layers?