The Nervous System

What is a nerve cell?

• axon

• neuron

• dendrite

• myelin

The brain is covered in a membrane called:

• choroid plexus.

• meninges.

• ventricles.

• cerebral aqueduct.

What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain?

• Arachnoid

• Dura mater

• Pia mater

• Ventricles

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ________________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

• Axon

• Myelin Sheath

• Nucleus

• Brain

Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of _______________

• Axon

• Neurotransmitters

• Somatic Nerves

• Autonomic Nerves

Neurotransmitters are ______________ that travel across the ______________ to another cell.

• electrical signals; receptors

• electrical signals; synapse

• chemicals; receptors

• chemicals; synapse

The branch like figures that receive impulses & conducts them to the cell body

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Cell Body

• Myelin Sheath

What is number 3 pointing at on the neuron?

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Myelin Sheath

• Soma

Which of the following neuroglial cells protect the nervous system from infection

• microglial

• astrocyte

• oligodendrocyte

• ependymal cell

The pink structure is the.....

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe