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Which of the following is not a function of neuron?

  1. Receive information

  2. Conduct a signal

  3. Form the myelin sheath

  4. Co-ordinate metabolic activities


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sensory neurons receive sensory inputs from the internal and external environment by sensory nerves and transmit it to CNS (brain and spinal cord) for processing. This makes option A incorrect. 

Motor neurons transmit the nerve impulses from CNS to effectors (muscles and glands). 
According to the signal, carried by motor nerves to effector organs, the muscles and glands perform their actions (contraction and secretion respectively) and thereby coordinating the metabolic activities. Thus, option D is incorrect. 
The two main types of cells of the nervous system are neurons and neuroglia. The myelinated axon fibres are covered with white myelin sheath formed from the membranes of tightly spiraled neuroglia cells. Thus, option C is the correct answer. 

A nerve is composed of

  1. Muscular tissue

  2. Nerve fibre bundles

  3. Bundle sheaths

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A nerve is composed of nerve fiber bundles. A nerve fiber is a threadlike extension of a nerve cell and consists of an axon and myelin sheath (if present) in the nervous system. There are nerve fibers in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. A nerve fiber may be myelinated and/or unmyelinated. In the central nervous system (CNS), myelin is produced by oligodendroglia cells.
Muscle tissue is a soft tissue that composes muscles in animal bodies and gives rise to muscles ability to contract. This is opposed to other components or tissues in muscle such as tendons or perimysium.
Bundle sheath cells is a layer of cells in plant leaves and stem that forms a sheath surrounding the vascular bundles.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

The speed at which impulses are conducted increase with  

  1. Increasing diameter of the soma

  2. Increasing diameter of the axon

  3. Increasing number of dendrites

  4. Increasing branching of the dendrites


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dendrites are the small extension of nerve cells that receive signals from sensory receptors or other neurons. The nerve impulse is not conducted by them. The long extension of the cell body of the nerve cell is called as axon that serves to conduct the nerve impulse away from the cell body. The increased diameter of axon results in reduced resistance to local current flow which in turn causes the action potential at its one site to activate the adjacent site. Soma is the metabolic center of the nerve cell where the metabolic contents are manufactured. It is not involved in nerve impulse conduction. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

The unmyelinated areas on myeliated nerve fibres are 

  1. Nodes of Ranvier

  2. Synaptic knobs

  3. Schwann cells

  4. Dendrite


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Schwann/Schwarm cells of peripheral nervous system form the myelin sheath around the myelinated fibers. Gaps between two Schwann cells form nodes of Ranvier which are the unmyelinated areas. Dendrites are the small extension of nerve cells that receive signals from sensory receptors or other neurons and brings them towards the cell body. The synaptic knob is the small button like structure present at the end of the axonal branch at the synapse and serves to store the neurotransmitters which are released in the synaptic cleft. The correct answer is A.

The part of neuron which brings information towards the cell body is

  1. Dendrites

  2. Axon

  3. Synaptic knob

  4. Myelin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dendrites are the small extension of nerve cells that receives signals from sensory receptors or other neurons through axon and brings them towards the cell body. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

What are neurotransmitters?

  1. Transmit signals across synapse.

  2. Transmit signal in the cell body.

  3. Take the signal to the axon.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that enable the process of neurotransmission. They transmit signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron (nerve cell) to another "target" neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following tissues in mammals show least capacity for regeneration?

  1. Blood

  2. Bone

  3. Nerve

  4. Cartilage


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The different cells in the body can regenerate in order to replace the damaged or the worn-out cells. 
  • The neurons are one of the brain cells. The cells divide during the embryonal stage. After the birth of a child, the cells lose their capacity to divide. 
  • These cells have the least capacity of regeneration. 
  • Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

Myelin sheath is a layer covering

  1. A nerve fibre in a vertebrate

  2. A chick embryo

  3. A muscle fibre in a vertebrate

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The axon can be defined as the long cytoplasmic process of the cell body, which transmits the impulse from the cell body to other neurons. The axon of the neuron is covered by a lipid-rich membrane, called myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is formed by Schwann cells and each Schwann cell covers a part of the axon.
Thus, the correct answer is the option D.

The afferent process of neuron is known as

  1. Axon

  2. Dendrite

  3. Cyton

  4. Neurofibrillary tangle


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The dendrites of the neuron are called as 'afferent processes' because they transmit impulses to the neuron cell body.
Thus, the correct answer is the option (B), 'Dendrite'.

Nerve cells do not possess

  1. Neurilemma

  2. Sarcolemma

  3. Dendrite

  4. Axon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cells of the nervous system are called nerve cells or neurons. Neurons have specialized cell parts, called dendrites and axons. A thin sheath covers the axon of the nerve cell. This sheath is called as neurilemma. The sarcolemma also called the myolemma, is the cell membrane of a striated muscle fiber cell. It is not present in the nerve cell.