Nervous System Review

What are the divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System?

• Somatic & Motor
• Brake & Motor
• Somatic & Autonomic
• Sensory & Motor

Afferent nerves are called

• efferent
• sensory
• motor
• peripheral

Motor nerves are called

• afferent
• peripheral
• sensory
• efferent

The "fight or flight" response during threatening situations in the role of the:

• sympathetic nervous system
• parasympathetic system
• somatic nervous system
• cerebellum

The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Autonomic
• Peripheral

The _____part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting.

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic
• somatic
• peripheral

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

• True

• False

Increased heart rate in response to danger is controlled by which division of the nervous system?

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

Which is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neural impulse?

• axon, dendrite, cell body, synapse
• dendrite, axon, cell body, synapse
• synapse, axon, dendrite, cell body
• dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse

An axon conducts nerve impulses _________ the cell body.

• away from
• toward
• both toward and away
• around, bypassing