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2. Tinnitus may be caused by...

  • All of these answers
  • Degeneration of the organ of Corti
  • Auditory nerve disease
  • Meniere's disease

3. Saltatory conduction refers to

  • Conduction in all frog neurones
  • Movement of NaCl across membrane
  • Leapfrogging neurotransmitters
  • Action potentials "leaping" from one node of Ranvier to the next
  • Conduction in squid axons

4. An action potential

  • Is a graded electrical signal the magnitude of which is determined by the magnitude of the stimulus
  • Is conducted without decrement - the first is the same as the last
  • Results from movement of calcium and chloride ions across the neurone's membrane
  • Is the event following hyperpolarization to threshold

5. The structure where olfactory receptor neuron axons synapse with mitral cell dendrites is called a...

  • Hair ball
  • Glomerulus
  • Mitral junction
  • Periglomerular nucleus
  • Olfactory bulb

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