Neural Stem Cells Can Be Harvested from Autopsies and Stored

question 77

Multiple Choice

Neural stem cells can be harvested from autopsies and stored, alive, in banks, whereas neurons cannot, because

• A)people do not will them to science.
• B)neural stem cells have lower oxygen and energy requirements than neurons.
• C)neural stem cells have higher oxygen and energy requirements than neurons.
• D)neural stem cells have more globular shapes than neurons.

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Definitions:

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision proposing that the human eye perceives color through the relative rates of response by three types of cones, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light.

Afterimage

A visual image or illusion that continues to appear in one's vision after the exposure to the original image has ceased.

Opponent Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how the perception of colors is the result of opposing responses between two sets of color receptors in the eyes.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information.