Mrs. Mot's NERVOUS SYSTEM ANATOMY QUIZ

An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spinal cord is a ____.

• stimulus

• reflex

• paralysis

• cerebellum

Nerve cells are called ____.

• synapses

• cerebrums

• neurons

• dendrites

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The ____ connects the brain to the spinal cord.

• cerebrum

• cortex

• synapse

• brain stem

Part of a neuron that carries an impulse away from the cell body.

• axon

• nucleus

• dendrite

• neuron

The space between neurons is called a ____.

• axon

• cerebellum

• synapse

• dendrite

Any change inside or outside your body that causes a response is a ____.

• axons

• stimulus

• reflex

• neurons

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Small part of the brain that controls muscle movements, balance and coordination.

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• cortex

• spinal cord

The largest part of the brain where thinking takes place is the ____.

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• brain stem

• cordial stem

The thick cord of nerve tissue in the center of the backbone is the ____.

• dendrite

• neuron

• spinal cord

• brain stem

Thread-like part of a neuron that receives impulses and sends them towards the cell body.

• axon terminals

• axon

• dendrites

• cell body