Nervous tissue anatomy quiz

Neuron 1

• multipolar

• unipolar

• bipolar

Neuron 2

• multipolar

• unipolar

• bipolar

Neuron 3

• multipolar

• unipolar

• bipolar

ability to respond to a stimulus

• conductivity

• secretory

• excitability

Ability to send the message down the cell to another cell

• conductivity

• secretory

• excitability

Ability to release neurotransmitters to signal other cells

• conductivity

• secretory

• excitability

multipolar neurons have

• many axons and many dendrites

• many dendrites and one axon

• many axons and one dendrite

• one dendrite and one axon

is the major neuron of the CNS and is the most common structural type of neuron

• bipolar

• multipolar

• unipolar

is rare and is composed of one dendrite and one axon; found in the special senses (retina and nose)

• bipolar

• multipolar

• unipolar

is composed of one short process that divides close to the cell body to produce two branches

• bipolar

• multipolar

• unipolar