Nervous System

The _____ is the basic building block of the nervous system.

• soma
• neuron
• axon
• terminal

The central nervous system is comprised of all the neurons in the brain and the ____.

• Spinal Cord
• Cerebellum
• Medulla
• Pons

Amy has an itch on her nose and would like to scratch it.  What part of her nervous system will control the movement of her arm to scratch her nose?

• Somatic
• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Autonomic

"Fight or flight" behavior is associated with:

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Central
• Somatic

What is the main control center of the body that contains the brain and spinal cord?

• Peripheral nervous system
• Central nervous system
• Autonomic nervous system
• Somatic nervous system

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The nervous system is made of these three parts:

• Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves
• Brain,Tendons, and Ligaments
• Brain, Heart and Lungs
• Spinal Cord, Vertebrae and nerves

Nerve Cells are also called:

• Capillaries
• Axons
• Neurons
• NeoCortex

The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

What does the autonomic nervous system control?

• Voluntary movement
• Cardiac muscles only
• Involuntary responses
• The spinal cord

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What is the correct sequence of the Reflex Arc?

• Afferent Neuron ->
  Affector ->
  Interneuron ->
  Effector ->
  Efferent Neuron
• Affector ->
  Afferent Neuron -> Interneuron ->
  Efferent Neuron -> Effector
• Efferent Neuron ->
  Effector ->
  Interneuron ->
  Affector ->
   Afferent Neuron
• Effector ->
  Efferent Neuron ->
  Interneuron ->
  Afferent Neuron ->
  Affector