Nervous System!

Check EVERYTHING that is a part of the nervous system

• Brain

• Lungs

• Skull

• Spinal cord

• Neurons

The central nervous system is made of....

• Spinal cord and eyes

• Neurons and skin

• Brain and spinal cord

• Brain and skull

The nerves that branch out away from the brain and spinal cord throughout the body are part of the...

• Frontal nervous system

• Central nervous system

• Peripheral nervous system

• Cytoplasmic nervous system

The parts of the neuron that receives signals from other neurons are the...

• Axon

• Myelin

• Cell body

• Dendrites

The nucleus of a neuron is in the...

• Cell body

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Myelin

The part of the neuron that sends messages to other cells and organs is the...

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Cell body

• Nucleus

What is the purpose of myelin?

• To increase the speed of the signal

• To protect the neuron from viruses and bacteria

• To receive signals from other neurons

• To pass signals to other cells and organs

This type of neuron picks up a stimulus and converts it into a nerve impulse...

• Motor neuron

• Interneuron

• Sensory neuron

• Spinal neuron

________________ send messages to muscles or other organs telling them to respond

• Interneuron

• Sensory neuron

• Central neuron

• Motor neuron

The tiny space where a neuron transfers an impulse to another neuron is called a __________

• Synapse

• Sinus

• Spinal

• Slinky