Neurons and the Nervous System PLTW

What is the part of the nervous system that includes nerves and is not part of the brain and spinal cord?

• Sensory Neurons

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Motor Neurons

What is the part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord?

• Sensory Neurons

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Motor Neurons

What are nerve cells responsible for receiving external stimuli from the body's environment and passing that signal through nerves to the central nervous system?

• Sensory Neurons

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Motor Neurons

What are nerve cells that pass signals from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland?

• Sensory Neurons

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Motor Neurons

What is a a nerve cell that sends signals or transmits nerve impulses?

• Neuron

• Dendrites

• Nerve

• Myelin

What is a bundle of neurons called?

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Nerves

• Myelin

What is the branch extending from a neuron that receives signals from another neuron through a synapse?

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Synapse

• Myelin

What is the long extension from a nerve cell along which signals travel?

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Synapse

• Myelin

What is the fatty substance that surrounds the axon and increases the speed at which signals travel?

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Synapse

• Myelin

What is the gap between the branches extending from a neuron's axon that sends a signal to the next neuron?

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Synapse

• Neurotransmitters