Neurons Brainpop

Which phrase best describes your entire nervous system?

• Big and complex

• Small and inefficient

• Unicellular and small

• Big and automatic

An impulse traveling through your nervous system is most similar to

• a feather floating on the breeze

• a noise traveling through the air

• an electrical signal traveling through telephone lines

• a truck driving down a highway

In what way are neurons different than other cells in your body?

• neurons don't have a nuclei; your other cells do

• neurons have cell walls; your other cells don't

• neurons have processes that stick out; your other cells don't

• neurons don't have DNA; your other cells do

______ send information; _____ get information.

• Terminals, dendrites

• Somas, impulses

• Processes, sheaths

• Membranes, myelin sheaths

What is the main purpose (point) of the myelin sheaths around your neurons?

• they turn chemical signals into electrical signals

• they receive information from neighboring neurons

• they turn electrical signals into chemical signals

• they make nerve impulses travel faster

Which animal most closely resembles (looks like) an axon?

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Where can you find a synapse?

• inside the nucleus of a neutron

• between a neuron's dendrite and terminal

• between two neurons

• surrounding the body of a neuron

What is the best meaning of "neurotransmitter"?

• chemical messenger

• electrical signal

• impulse receptor

• muscle spasm

Where in your body might you find sensory neurons?

• inside your muscles

• inside your mouth

• inside your brain

• inside your stomach

What part of a neuron is most similar to the other cells in your body?

• terminal

• axon

• dendrite

• soma