Human Systems Interactions Investigation 3

What is a sensory cell that responds to mechanical stimuli?

• mechanoreceptor

• photoreceptor

• interneuron

• chemoreceptor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the area where the receptors are found?

• syndrome field

• receptive field

• receptor field

• cerebral field

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a reaction to something ?

• pressure

• sensory

• receptor

• response

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the environment?

• smooth receptor

• sensory receptor

• nerve receptor

• motor receptor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is anything that causes an action or response?

• sensory

• stimulus

• synapse

• neuron

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the perception of pressure, temperature, or pain experienced through the skin?

• touch

• smell

• taste

• hearing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs?

• nerve

• neuron

• pressure

• smooth muscle

What is a nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses?

• vein

• synapse

• neuron

• enzyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is a chemical that is released when an electric impulse reaches the end of a neuron's axon moving it on to the dendrites?

• neurotransmitter

• receptor

• photoreceptor

• chemoreceptor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a tiny gap between the axon and the dendrite which passes impulses information on?

• synapse

• tendon

• receptor

• enzyme