Unit 9 - Regulation

The two major parts of the nervous system are the

• brain and spinal cord

• central and somatic nervous systems

• sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

• peripheral and central nervous systems

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

• electrical signals; receptors

• electrical signals; synapse

• chemicals; receptors

• chemicals; synapse

Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of _______________

• Axon

• Neurotransmitters

• Somatic Nerves

• Autonomic Nerves

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

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Cell Body

• Myelin Sheath

What part of the neuron is number 4 pointing at?

• Dendrite

• Axon Terminal

• Axon

• Myelin Sheath

Which part of the Neuron is number 1 pointing at?

• Dendrite

• Cell body

• Axon

• Nucleus

The regulation of steady internal conditions in an organism is called ___.

• homeostasis

• reflex

• paralysis

• synapse

An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spinal cord is a ____.

• stimulus

• reflex

• paralysis

• cerebellum

The space between neurons is called a ____.

• axon

• cerebellum

• synapse

• dendrite

Any change inside or outside your body that causes a response is a ____.

• axons

• stimulus

• reflex

• neurons