The Nervous System - Chapter 7

The part of the nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord is the....

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Somatic Division

• Involuntary Division

• Central Nervous System

The two subdivision of the nervous system are the central nervous system and the....

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Autonomic Divison

• Sympathetic Division

• Parasympathetic Division

The two divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the...

• Autonomic and Somatic

• Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

• Sensory and Motor

The subdivision of the motor division of the Peripheral Nervous System that is voluntarily controlled is the...

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

Glial cells that form myelin sheaths are called...

• Satellite cells

• Ependymal cells

• Astrocytes

• Schwann cells

Neuron processes that carry messages toward the cell body are...

• Axons

• Dendrites

Neuron processes that take messages away from the cell body are called...

• Dendrites

• Axons

What is pumped into a resting nerve membrane to generate and propagate (spread) an action potential?

• Potassium

• Calcium

• Sodium

What kind of molecules are released into a synaptic cleft (separation between neurons) to send chemical messages to the next neuron?

• Ionic

• Covalent

• Sodium

• Neurotransmitter

The knee-jerk reflex is an example of what kind of reflex arc?

• One Neuron

• Two Neuron

• Three Neuron