Nervous System

What two things are found in the central nervous system?

• brain/spinal cord
• spinal cord/motor neurons
• motor/sensory neurons
• only brain

Which part of a neuron RECEIVES information?

• axon

• dendrite

• cell body

• axon terminal

If someone steps on a nail...what type of neuron takes that signal TO the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

• interneurons

• motor

• sensory 

• receptors

Two major branches of the nervous system

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

The _____ controls all the other organs, and processes all the information. 

• Nerves
• Spinal Cord
• Brain

What part of the neuron protects the signal while traveling through the axon?

• Dendrites

• Synapse

• Myelin Sheath

• Cell body

Nerve damage happens when what part of the neuron is damaged?

• Myelin Sheath

• Axon

• Synapse

• Cell Body

What type of neurons send signals from the brain to other parts of the body?

• Sensory neurons

• Motor neurons

• Action neurons

• Passive neurons

Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear liquid that protects what organ?

• Liver

• Heart

• Lungs

• Brain

What makes up the peripheral nervous system?

• The brain and spinal cord

• Neurons in the rest of the body

• Neurons in your legs

• Neurons in the arms