EXERCISES, LESSON 5
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the
answer in the space provided at the end of the exercise.
After you have completed all of these exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at
the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
Which of the following is/are a type of nervous tissue?
a.
Neurons.
b.
Axons.
c.
Dendrites.
d.
Glia.
2.
Select the function(s) for which nervous tissues are specialized.
a.
To transmit information.
b.
To "store" information.
c.
To receive stimuli.
d.
All the above.
3.
A neuron is defined as ___________________________.
a.
A process that carries impulses toward the cell body.
b.
A branch that transmits information from the cell body to the next unit.
c.
A nerve cell body and all of its branches.
d.
A nerve process that has two or more poles.
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