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EXERCISES, LESSON 11
REQUIREMENT. The following exercises are to be answered by completing the
incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided at the end of the
question.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises," at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. Two types of nervous tissues are and .
What role does the first play in the nervous system?
What role does the second play?
2. Nervous tissues are specialized to:
a. stimuli.
b. information.
c. information.
3. A neuron is a nerve cell body and all of its s.
4. A dendrite carries impulses (toward) (away from) the cell body.
5. What is an axon?
6. Each item below indicates the number of poles for a type of neuron. Give the
name which corresponds to each.
a. More than two poles: .
b. Two poles: .
c. One pole: .
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