5.2 The human nervous system- Nerves and Reflexes

What two things are found in the central nervous system?

• brain/spinal cord
• spinal cord/motor neurons
• motor/sensory neurons
• only brain

Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that send information to other cells?

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

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

• interneurons
• receptors
• motor neurons
• reflex arc

Which of the TWO nervous systems contains motor and sensory neurons?

• central nervous system
• peripheral
• motor
• sensory

The spinal cord is protected by the _____?

• vertebrae 
• skull
• lungs
• rib cage

The impulse changes to _______________ as it moves ACROSS the synapse to other neurons.

• electrical
• chemical
• it stays the same
• liquid

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

• interneurons
• motor
• sensory 
• receptors

If I step on a nail...what type of neurons take the response to my muscles?

• motor
• interneurons
• sensory
• not neurons, muscle tissue sends the response

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is another word for autonomic?

• voluntary
• involuntary
• central 
• brain