Nervous System

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

Neurons that deal with muscles.

• sensory
• motor

An electrical impulse is carried by the:

• axons
• dendrites

______ send signals away from neurons whereas ______ receive signals from other neurons.  

• Axons; Dendrites
• Synapses; dendrites
• Dendrites; axons
• Axons; synapses

_____ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system

• Motor
• Inter
• Sensory
• Fun

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

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

Neurons that travel toward the central nervous system are called

• afferent neurons
• efferent neurons

The part of the brain that controls balance, muscle coordination and muscle tone.

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain
• Spinal Cord

A nerve cell. The basic structural unit of the nervous system.

• Neuron
• Spinal cord
• Dendrite
• Brain

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

• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system
• motor peripheral nervous system
• autonomic motor peripheral nervous system