Chapter 7 Nervous System Nine Weeks Exam 2018

What two things are found in the central nervous system?

• brain/spinal cord

• spinal cord/motor neurons

• motor/sensory neurons

• only brain

What are specialized nerve endings that detect change inside and outside the body?

• interneurons

• receptors

• motor neurons

• reflex arc

If I step on a nail...what type of neuron take that signal TO the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

• interneurons

• motor

• sensory

• receptors

What is another word for autonomic?

• voluntary

• involuntary

• central

• brain

Where in your body can you find nerve cells?

• brain

• spinal cord

• neurons

• everywhere

The synapse is a space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons.

• True

• False

A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the cell body is a/an

• Dendrite

• axon

• neuron

• myelin

The basic structural unit of the nervous system is the

• dendrite

• neuron

• neurilemma

• nucleus

The nervous system is made of the

• brain, heart, lungs

• brain, spinal cord, lungs

• brain, spinal cord, lungs

• brain, spinal cord, neurons

These carry messages to and from parts of your brain.

• blood

• veins

• nerves

• arteries