Nervous System- Middle School

How many divisions of the nervous system?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Consists of the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Includes nerves extending from the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

The central nervous system receives messages from __________.

• the peripheral nervous system

• the brain

• the spinal cord

Nerve cells that transmit messages to and from the spinal cord and brain.

• neurons

• blood

• central nerves

• peripheral nerves

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Type of neuron that carry messages FROM the body to the CNS.

• sensory neuron

• motor neuron

• interneuron

Type of neuron that carries messages FROM the CNS to the body.

• sensory neuron

• motor neuron

• interneuron

Connects neurons

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• interneurons

While at a stoplight our eyes send a message to the brain when the light turns green. This is an example of _______.

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

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Your brain sends a message to your finger to click the mouse when you are playing a game. This is an example of _____.

• a sensory neuron

• a motor neuron