Review the Nervous System

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

Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminal

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

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

Two major branches of the nervous system

• central and peripheral
• peripheral and motor
• motor and sensory
• central and motor

The nerves in your legs are part of the ____ nervous system.

• Central 
• Peripheral

This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic gap

• axon

• axon terminal

• gene

• neuron

A nerve cell that is the basic working unit of the brain and nervous system which processes and transmits information

• axon
• neuron
• dendrite
• neurotransmitter

This insulating material forms a layer, around the axon of a neuron.  It enables electrical signals to travel down the axon at higher speeds.

• neuron
• myelin sheath
• dendrite
• neurotransmitter