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1.What is the term for the membrane potential when the inside surface of the membrane becomes more positively charged compared to the outside?

2.What is the term for the brief reversal of electrical charge across a neuron's membrane at the site of stimulation?

3.What is the term for the electrochemical signal that propagates along a neuron, involving ion movement and chemical reactions across its membrane?

4.What is the typical membrane potential (in volts) of a neuron at rest, when it is not transmitting a nerve signal?

5.What term describes the ability to perform electrical work?

6.Which category of neurons listed below exists in mammals?

7.What is the name of the route followed during a basic reflex response?

8.What is the route taken by nerve impulses during a reflex action called?

9.Which of the following organisms possesses sense organs such as eyespots and chemoreceptors?

10.Which part of a neuron primarily provides its nutritional support?

11.What are the cytoplasmic extensions that emerge from the neuron's cell body and transmit impulses away from it called?

12.What is the name given to clusters of ribosomes linked with the rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus located within the neuron's cell body?

13.Which structures react upon receiving signals transmitted through motor neurons?

14.Which of the following are the main effectors in the body?

15.Which cytoplasmic extension of a neuron extends from the cell body and transmits impulses toward it?

16.Which ion is found at a concentration approximately twenty times higher inside the cell compared to outside the membrane?

17.Which of the following contribute significantly to establishing the resting membrane potential?

18.Which ion has a concentration that is ten times greater outside the cell membrane compared to the inside?

19.In the process where two potassium ions (K+) move into a neuron, how many sodium ions (Na+) are simultaneously moved out?

20.Which of the following is considered the primary category of nervous system organization?

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