C5 Self Study (Video Lecture 1 to 3)

As organisms get more complex, cells become specialized to perform specific functions in the body. What is the function for the cell shown?

• contract and shorten movement

• provide coverage and protection

• carry impulses around the body

• connects parts together

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Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

• Red Blood Cell-RBC

• White Blood Cell-WBC

• Neuron

• Tissue

Which 2 body systems interact and initiate movement?

• muscular and nervous system

• skeletal and muscular system

• respiratory and nervous system

• circulatory and nervous system

Consists of your brain and spinal cord

• medulla

• cerebrum

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

• nerves

• neuron

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Actions which are NOT under your control

• voluntary

• involuntary

• vertebrae

• brain

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

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

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This is a picture of the 

• peripheral nervous sysyem
• central nervous system
• respiratory system
• circulatory system

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The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends information to receiving neurons

• axon 
• dendrite
• axon terminal
• gene

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This insulating material forms a layer, around the axon of a neuron.  It enables electrical signals to travel down the axon at higher speeds.

• neuron
• myelin sheath
• dendrite
• neurotransmitter

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