Chp11 Nervous System Review Neuron Action Potentials Synapse

The nerve cell that carries impulses from a sense receptor to the brain or spinal cord is a _____________.

• Motor Neuron
• Sensory Neuron
• Relay Neuron

The nerve cell that transmits impulses from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland.

• Motor Neuron
• Relay Neuron
• Sensory Neuron
• Schwann cell

The nerve cell that connects sensory and motor neurons is a _______________.

• Motor Neuron
• Sensory Neuron
• Interneurons 
• Glial cells

What part of the neuron carries the impulse toward the nerve cell body?

• Dorsal Root
• Dendrites
• Myelin Sheath
• Axon

The critical point at which a stimulus causes an action potential

• Synapse
• Action potential
• Membrane potential
• Threshold

A sudden change in the polarity of the membrane of a neuron, gland cell, or muscle fiber that causes the transmission of electrical impulses

• Action potential
• Membrane potential
• Resting potential
• Threshold

A chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse 

• Neurotransmitter
• Axon
• Synapse
• Nerve

Part of the nervous system made of the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system

Which part of a neuron receives the messages

• Axon terminal
• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Somatic Nervous Axon

These are the supporting cells of the CNS

• neuron.
• sensory.
• motor.
• neuroglia.