Nervous System

What is the name of the cells that carry information in the nervous system?

• Neuron
• Dendrite
• Axon
• Neuroglia

What is the name of cells that support the cells that send information?

• Neurons
• Axons
• Dendrites
• Neuroglia

Afferent nerves are called

• efferent
• sensory
• motor
• peripheral

Motor nerves are called

• afferent
• peripheral
• sensory
• efferent

The Central Nervous System are made up of the _________ and __________.

• Brain and Meninges
• Meninges and Spinal Cord
• Brain and Spinal Cord
• Brain and Peripheral Nerves

What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?

• Neurotransmitters
• Synapse
• Threshold
• Impulse

The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body is called a(n) _____________.

• dendrite
• axon
• cell body
• Schwann cell

The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body is called a(n) ___________.

• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus
• node of Ranvier

Most axons are covered with

• sodium
• potassium
• myelin
• dendrites

What is the name of cells that support the cells that send information?

• Neurons
• Axons
• Dendrites
• Neuroglia