A/P: Chapter 7 Nervous System: Part I

The central nervous system is comprised of all the neurons in the brain and the ____.

• Spinal Cord
• Cerebellum
• Medulla
• Pons

The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

What does the autonomic nervous system control?

• Voluntary movement
• Cardiac muscles only
• Involuntary responses
• The spinal cord

The myelin sheath

• makes the signal travel faster
• protects the neuron
• carries the signal away from the cell body
• carries the signal to the cell body

The cytoplasmic extensions that provide the main receptive surface for neurons are called...

• axon
• dendrites

• cell body
• axon terminal

Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that send information to other cells?

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

The part of the neuron that receives signals is the:

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

The part of the neuron that transmits signals to muscles is the:

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

Heartbeat would be accomplished by which branch of the nervous system?

• Sensory
• Autonomic
• Motor
• Pineal

This nervous system branch causes increases in heart rate and breathing.

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Motor
• Sensory