Nervous System Test Review

What are the structures of the meninges?

• Dura mater
• Arachnoid membrane
• Pia mater
• All of the above

Dendrites receive the impulse and conduct them to the_____.

• Cell body
• Cerebellum
• Cerebrum
• Spinal cord

What does the Myelin Sheath cover?

• Covers the glial cells
• Covers axons and some parts of spinal cord
• Covers the synapse
• None of the above

How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for emergencies and stress?

• By receiving impulses and conducting them to the cell body.
• By increasing breathing rate, heart rate and blood flow to the muscles.
• By maintaining normal body functions during ordinary circumstances.
• By carrying instructions to and from the autonomic nervous system.

Which part of the nervous system receives external stimuli & transmits to brain where it's interpreted?

• somatic nerves
• peripheral nerves
• sensory nerves
• cerebellum

Which is a function of the Central Nervous System?

• Recieve and process information.
• Receive external stimuli and transmits to brain where it is intercepted.
• Brain and spinal cord.
• Anything that excites or activates a nerve and causes an impulse.

Sites in the sensory organs that receive external stimulation to be sent to the brain for interpretation is____.

• Ganglion
• Innervations
• Plexus
• Receptors

What returns the body to normal after a response to stress,and maintains normal bodily functions during normal activities?

• Autonomic nervous system
• Central nervous system
• Parasympathetic nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are terminal end fibers?

• Root like processes that receive the impulse and conduct them to the cell body
• Branching fibers at the end of the axon
• Substances that make it possible for messages to cross from the synapse of a neuron to the target receptor
• The space between 2 neurons

Neurotransmitters are ?

• A.process that extends away from the cell body
• Branching fibers at the end of the axon
• Space between 2 neurons or between a neuron and a receptor organ
• Substances that make it posssible for messages to cross from the synapse of a neuron to the target receptor