Fundamentals of the Nervous System- Vocabulary

Part of the nervous system made of the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system

What are the two parts of the nervous system? 

• The brain and spinal cord
• The central nervous and peripheral nervous system 
• The neurons and the dendrites
• The cerebrum and the medulla

This part of the nervous system carries messages from the sensory receptors to the brain?

• sensory division
• motor division
• PNS
• CNS

This part of the nervous system carries messages from the CNS to an effector?

• Autonomic NS
• PNS
• sensory division
• motor division

The skeletal muscles are controlled by the ____ nervous system.

• afferent
• somatic
• involuntary
• autonomic NS

The entire nervous system is structurally subdivided into two systems: ________ nervous system and ________ nervous system.

• central; peripheral
• somatic; autonomic
• parasympathetic; sympathetic
• autonomic; sympathetic

Support cells in the central nervous system are collectively called ________.

• myelin sheaths
• neuroglia
• oligodendrocytes
• microglia 

) The part of the neuron that typically conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body is the ________.

• dendrite
• cell body
• synaptic cleft
• axon

The neuron processes that normally receive incoming stimuli are called ________.

• axons
• dendrites
• schwann cells
• satellite cells

The part of the nervous system that is composed of the cranial and spinal nerves.  Serves as communication lines to send information to and from the CNS.

• central nervous system
• peripheral
• motor
• sensory