The nervous system consists of the:

• Central & Peripheral Nervous System

• Heart & Lungs Nervous System

• Stomach & Intestines Nervous System

• Brain & Epithelial Cell Nervous System

T/F: Afferent pathways send information from the central nervous system to the peripheral nerves.

• True

• False

Divergence is a(n)...

• A movie that I watched that did not do too well at the box office.

• mechanism providing input to a signal neuron from multiple sources.

• mechanism for spreading stimulation to multiple neurons or neuronal pools in the CNS.

• individual neuron or neuronal pools that process information simultaneously.

A reflex is...

• a specialized membrane that provides protection, physical stability, and shock absorption.

• a process that only children experience.

• an immediate voluntary response to stimuli.

• an immediate involuntary response to stimuli.

Which of the following best describes arachnoid matter?

• tough fibrous outermost layer of meninges.

• Middle Meningeal Layer

• Deepest Meningeal Layer

• stabilize the spinal chord within the vertebral canal.

There are ________ pairs of spinal nerves

• 34

• 31

• 32

• 30

The _______ of the neuron contains the nucleus

• Axon Terminal

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Cell Body

Synapses can be:

• Neuromuscular

• Neuron to Neuron

• Neuroglandular

• All of the above

The Peripheral Nervous System

(select all that apply)

• Contains efferent and afferent pathways

• is made up of the brain and spinal cord.

• contains post-ganglionic and pre-ganglionic nerves.

Neurons that have two processes separated by the cell body:

• Anaxonic Neuron

• Bipolar Neuron

• Pseudounipolar Neuron

• Multipolar Neuron