Nervous system Revision

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

What does the cerebrum control?

• controls thoughts and voluntary actions
• controls vital and involuntary actions 
• controls balance
• controls the uvula

The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.

• heart, brain, kidneys
• lungs, liver, stomach
• brain, spinal cord, nerves
• eyes, pancreas, veins

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

• Brain stem
• Cerebral Cortex
• Corpus Callosum
• Cerebellum

The part of the neuron that insulates the axon and increases the speed of the neural message within the neuron.

• Synapse
• Dendrite
• Myelin Sheath
• Axon Terminal Button

What is the name of the blue structure

• axon terminal

• dendrite

• schwann cell

• axon

Which way does an impulse travel

• From dendrite to axon and out axon terminal

• From axon to axon and out dendrite terminal

• From axon to dendrite and out axon terminal

• From cell body to dendrite and out axon terminal