Neurons and Neural Impulses Quiz Review

The job of the somatic nervous system is to control breathing and the respiratory system.

• True
• False

What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

• axons
• sensory receptors
• spinal cord
• motor neurons

Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

 Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

What does the autonomic nervous system control?

• Voluntary movement
• Cardiac muscles only
• Involuntary responses
• The spinal cord

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Amy has an itch on her nose and would like to scratch it.  What part of her nervous system will control the movement of her arm to scratch her nose?

• Somatic
• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Autonomic

X

• Axon Terminal Button
• Neurotransmitters
• Dendrite
• Synapse

Z

• Dendrite
• Axon Terminal
• Neurotransmitters
• Synapse

What is Acetylcholine mainly responsible for?

• mood
• alertness
• emotion
• muscle action/movement

You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system

• somatic and autonomic
• sensory and motor
• parasympathetic and sympathetic
• neurons and anti-neurons