Nervous System Quiz

What are the two major divisions of the nervous system

• central

• peripheral

• sensory

• motor

These nerves carry messages toward the spial cord and brain

• sensory

• sympathetic

• motor

• parasympathetic

This system of nerve fibers carries impulses to glands, heart, blood vessels, involuntary muscles, and hollow organs

• sciatic nerve

• lumbosacral plexus

• autonomic nervous system

• oligodendroglial cells

Nerves that send information from the spinal cord and brain to muscles of the body are called

• receptors

• motor

• astrocytes

• dopamine

Protective barrier between the blood and brain that prevents certain medications to enter the brain is called

• hypothalamus

• cerebrospinal fluid

• medulla oblongata

• blood-brain barrier

Small collections of nerve cell bodies outside the brain and spinal chord are called

• dendrites

• axon

• ganglia

• synapse

Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells

• dendrite

• acetylcholine

• axon

• cerebellum

The central nervous system contains

• brain

• spinal chord

• parasympathetic nerves

• spinal nerves

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The autonomic nerves contain

• sympathetic nerves

• cranial nerves

• parasympathetic nerves

• spinal nerves

Examples of neurotransmitters are

• dopamine

• glial cells

• nucleus

• epinephrine