Divisions of the Nervous System and Neuron Anatomy

What part of the neuron houses the nucleus?

• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Axon Terminal
• Synapse

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What part of the neuron receives the message from the previous neuron?

• Terminal Fibers
• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Myelin

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What part of the neuron covers the axon and allows for the impulse to travel quickly?

• Dendrite
• Synapse
• Myelin
• Neurotransmitters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the name of the chemical message that travels across the synapse?

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Action Potential
• Neurotransmitter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What part of the neuron can be described as a tail like structure that carries the impulse away from the cell body?

• Axon
• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Synapse

Which of the following is the correct order of the direction of a message?

• Dendrite-Cell Body-Axon-Axon Terminal-Synapse

• Synapse-Cell Body-Axon-Axon Terminal-Dendrite

• Axon Terminal-Dendrite-Synapse-Cell Body-Axon

• Axon-Cell Body-Dendrite-Axon Terminal-Synapse

Who makes myelin?

• Schwann cells

• Myelin naturally exists

• Axon

• Axon terminal

Neurotransmitters get released into this space

• synaptic cleft

• neuro space

• axonic cleft

• synaxon junction

Neurotransmitters are released by

• axon

• axon terminal

• dendrites

• nodes of ranvier

What are the two MAIN divisions of the nervous system?

(select all that apply)

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• somatic nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system