Nervous system review

The central nervous system is made up of the:

• brain

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerves

• both brain and spinal cord

The ______ nervous system is made up of all the nerves that carry messages to and from the central nervous system.

• peripheral

• autonomic

• somatic

• parasympathetic

The ___ nervous system is a consciously controlled part of the peripheral nervous system.

• autonomic

• somatic

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

The ____ nervous system is an involuntary part of the peripheral nervous system.

• autonomic

• somatic

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

The _____ is the basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system.

• cell body

• axon

• dendrite

• neuron

____ carry impulses away from a neurons cell body.

• myelin sheath

• axon

• dendrite

• nucleus

_____ receive impulses and carry them towards the cell body.

• myelin sheath

• axon

• dendrite

• nucleus

_____ neurons carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord out to the body.

• sensory

• motor

• somatic

• inter

____ neurons carry information from the body to the brain and spinal cord

• sensory

• motor

• inter

• somatic

The 2 hemispheres of the brain are connected by the ______ which allows the 2 sides to communicate.

• medulla oblongata

• frontal lobe

• cerebellum

• corpos callosum