Nervous Systems

What is the central nervous system (CNS) made up of?

• brain & spinal cord

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• spinal cord and nerves

Which neurons carry messages to the central nervous system

• Motor

• Inter

• Sensory

• Dendrites

Which division of the nervous system responds to stress and stimuli.

• symposium nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

• somatic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

When you walk across the room you are using which part of your brain?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brainstem

• Spinal cord

Which one is not one of the parts of the brainstem?

• Pons

• Medullary

• Midbrain

• Medulla oblongata

Part of the nerve that transmits impulses away from the cell body.

• dendrites

• olilgodendrocytes

• axon

• nucleus

A nerve impulse will travel faster if the axon is

• is unmyelinated

• has meninges

• surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid

• is myelinated

What part of the neuron is myelinated?

• Cell Body
• Axon
• Synapse
• Dendrite

Which part of the neuron is responsible for receiving signals from other neurons and sending the impulse to the cell body?

• Axons

• Neuron

• Dendrocytes

• Schwann cells

Which part of the brain is responsible for balance, coordination and posture?

• axons

• brain stem

• cerebrum

• cerebellum