In the central nervous system, myelinated fibres form the ….., while the non-myelinated fibre cells form the ……
Grey matter, white matter
White matter, grey matter
Ependymal cells, neurosecretory cells
Neurosecretory cell, ependymal cells
Schneiderian and tympanic membrane respectively belongs to
Ear and nose
Ear and eye
Ear and ear
Nose and ear
During the transmission of nerve impulse through a nerve fibre, the potential on the inner side of the plasma membrane has which type of electric charge?
First negative then positive and again back to negative
First positive than negative and continue to be negative
First negative then positive and continue to be positive
First positive then negative and again back to positive
If the threshold for hearing increasing 1000 times, the hearing loss is
40 decibels
50 decibels
60 decibels
None of these
Sympathetic nervous system induces
Heartbeat
Secretion of digestive juice
Secretion of saliva
All of the above
A.
Heartbeat
Medulla of brain has two regions affecting heart rate.
(i) Cardiac inhibitory centre.
(ii) Cardiac accelerator centre
Sensory nerves originating from the accelerator centre run parallel to the spinal cord and enter the sino-artial node. Stimulation by these nerves, which are the part of the sympathetic nervous system causes an increase in heartbeat.
Which cranial nerve has the highest number of branches?
Facial nerve
Trigeminal
Vagus nerve
None of these
The junction between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next is called
Junction point
A synapse
A joint
Constant bridge