DHO 7:6 INTRO TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Multiple Choice

The nervous system enables the body to respond and adapt to changes that occur both inside and outside the body.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Multiple Choice

Neurons contain several axons, which carry messages to the cell body.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Multiple Choice

The synapse is a space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Multiple Choice

Associative or internuncial nerves carry both sensory and motor messages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Multiple Choice

The central nervous system has two divisions: the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Multiple Choice

The basic structural unit of the nervous system is the ____.

• DENDRITE

• NEURON

• NUERILEMMA

• NUCLEUS

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Multiple Choice

A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the cell body is a/an ____.

• DENDRITE

• AXON

• NEURON

• MYELIN

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Multiple Choice

Sensory nerves that carry messages from all parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord are ____.

• AFFERENT

• EFFERENT

• CONNECTING

• MIXED

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