Coordination & Control

A nerve cell is also known as a

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• cerebrum

• neuron

• cerebellum

• nucleus

What is the eye an example of?

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• stimulus

• sense organ

• a relay neuron

• a part of nerve cell

What detects a stimulus?

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• A detector

• An effector

• A receptor

• A Simulator

The neurons that conduct information towards the CNS are _________.

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• interneurons

• motor neurons

• sensory neurons

• efferent neurons

Which nerves transmit impulses from the central nervous system towards muscle cells?

• Sensory nerves

• Relay nerves

• Motor nerves

• Cranial nerves

The peripheral nervous system consists of:

• brain and cranial nerves

• spinal cord and spinal nerves

• cranial and spinal nerves

• brain and spinal cord

The central nervous system consists of the:

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• brain and spinal nerves

• spinal nerves and cranial nerves

• cranial nerves and spinal cord

• spinal cord and brain

Identify the name of the white insulating substance that often covers the axon of a neuron and helps speed up the conduction of the message

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• MYELIN

• NEUROTRANSMITTER

• SYNAPSE

• VESICLE

The neurons that conduct information towards the CNS are _________.

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• interneurons

• motor neurons

• sensory neurons

• efferent neurons

The nerve cells in your body are called neurons. From which part of the neuron is most likely responsible for carrying signals between the cell body and axon terminal?

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• soma

• axon

• Node of Ranvier

• Schwann cell