Nervous system Human Bodies

The peripheral nervous system includes all of the following, except:

• spinal nerves

• spinal cord

• cranial nerves

• autonomic motor nerves

The autonomic nervous system is a subdivision of which nervous system?

• peripheral nervous system (PNS)

• central nervous system (CNS)

• cranial nervous system

• spinal nervous system

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Another name for our nerve cells is

• neuroglia / glia

• myelin

• neurons

• astrocytes

The white, fatty substance that wraps around some axons is called

• neuroglia

• Schwann cell

• myelin

• glioma

Neurilemma is found around which of the following glial cells?

• astrocyte

• microglia

• oligodendrocyte

• Schwann cell

Which substance plays an essential role in the regeneration of cut and injured axons?

• neurilemma

• myelin

• astrocytes

• microglia

Another name for sensory neurons is

• interneurons

• afferent neurons

• efferent neurons

• cranial nerves

Motor neurons conduct impulses from the CNS to which types of tissue?

• muscles

• glandular epithelium

• muscles AND glandular epithelium

• all tissues in the body

Another name for our central or connecting neurons is

• afferent neuron

• efferent neuron

• interneuron

• glial cell

Which neuroglial cell plays the biggest role in maintaining the blood-brain barrier?

• Schwann cells

• astrocytes

• microglial cells

• oligodendrocytes