Nervous System

The nervous system is made of the

• brain, heart, lungs
• brain, spinal cord, lungs
• brain, spinal cord, lungs
• brain, spinal cord, neurons

The ______ is considered the control center of the body.

• heart
• brain
• spinal cord
• mouth

The _____________ is a long bundle of interneurons.

• nerves
• neurons
• brain
• spinal cord

This part of the brain controls fine motor coordination.

• cerebrum
• cerebellum
• brain stem
• spinal cord

These type of neurons transmit signals from your senses to the spinal cord and brain.

• motor
• sensory
• interneurons
• synapse

These type of neurons transmit signals from your central nervous system to your muscles that tell them to move.

• sensory
• interneurons
• motor
• synapse

The junction where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another structure is called __________.

• impulse
• synapse
• reflex
• nerve cells

What is the part highlighted in red?

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain Stem
• Diencephalon

what is the peripheral nervous system?

• all other parts of the nervous system excluding the CNS.

• all the nerves of the body.

• the brain and spinal cord.

the tip of each branch of an axon is called a _____________.

• axon terminal

• cell body

• axon

• dendrite