The Nervous System Notes Quiz: Chapter 11

Name the two (2) major parts of the nervous system.

• Autonomic/Somatic

• Sensory/Moter

• CNS/PNS

• Spinal/Cranial

What all does the PNS consist of?

• The nerves in the brain and spinal cord

• The nerves of the hand and foot

• the nerves of the brain, only

• All of the nerves excluding the brain and spinal cord

What is the term for nerve cells?

• neurons

• astrocytes

• microglia

• ependymal cells

What are the two (2) major systems of the Peripheral Nervous System?

• Autonomic/Somatic

• Sensory/Motor

• CNS/PNS

• Cranial/Spinal

Which glial cells are the most abundant?

• astrocytes

• oligodendrocytes

• microglia

• ependymal cells

Name the 3 parts of the neuron.

• spinal cord, fibers, neuroglia

• brain, spinal cord, nerves

• cell body, axon, dendrites

• cell body, mitochondria, nucleus

Name the three (3) basic neuron types:

• sensory, motor, interneuron

• afferent, efferent, spinal

• afferent, efferent, cranial

• sensory, motor, intermural

Describe "synapse":

• gap or junction between 2 neurons

• stretching of collagen fibers and its rebound

• the scraping of the opposable thumb against the 2nd digit

• The area inside the cell body which houses the nucleus

Which of the following is a characteristic of neurons?

• Extreme longevity

• Amitotic (doesn't undergo cell division)

• High metabolic rate

• all of these are characteristics of neurons

Describe the function of the somatic nervous system:

• controls involuntary muscle

• controls voluntary muscle

• controls automatic reflexes

• controls the conveyance of impulses from the receptor site to the CNS