Review for Nervous System Test

The afferent division of the PNS

• Carries motor commands to muscles and glands

• Processes and integrates efferent control

• Is the seat of higher order cognition in the body

• Brings sensory information to the CNS

The part of the nervous system that controls voluntary contraction of skeletal muscle is the

• Somatic nervous system

• Autonomic nervous system

• Cognitive nervous system

• Skeletal nervous system

In the CNS, a neuron typically RECEIVES information from other neurons at it’s

• Dendrites

• Microglia

• Cell body

• Axonal endings

The neural cells responsible for both the analysis of sensory inputs and coordination of motor outputs are

• Neuroglia

• Sensory neurons

• Interneurons

• Motor neurons

Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and diaphragm are among the targets of the

• Somatic nervous system

• Sensory neurons

• Afferent division of the PNS

• Autonomic nervous system

The tough, outermost covering of the spinal cord is the

• Dura mater

• Pia mater

• Arachnoid mater

• None of these

White matter of the spinal cord is dominated by

• Unmyelinated axons

• Myelinated axons

• Schwann cells

• Thick neurolemma

The layer of connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle of nerves is the

• Endoneurium

• Epineurium

• Perineurium

• Epimysium

Which of the following would be true statements concerning the autonomic and somatic nervous systems?

• Only autonomic neurons will stimulate muscle.

• The somatic nervous system, like the autonomic, is a division of the CNS.

• Both the autonomic and somatic nervous systems are part of the PNS

• All of these statements are true.

• None of these statements are true.

In the nervous system neurons do not touch at their endings. Instead, there is a space between, and a _____ is used for communication.

• Neuroglia

• Neurotransmitter

• Hormone

• Neutron