Peripheral Nervous System

What is the central nervous system (CNS) made up of?

• brain & spinal cord
• sensory neurons
• motor neurons
• sensory receptors

The "fight or flight" response during threatening situations in the role of the:

• sympathetic nervous system
• parasympathetic system
• somatic nervous system
• cerebellum

The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Autonomic
• Peripheral

_____ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system

• Motor
• Inter
• Sensory
• Fun

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_____ neurons carry  messages away from the central nervous system.

• Motor
• Inter
• Sensory
• Flower

The _____part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting.

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic
• somatic
• peripheral

Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities

• autonomic
• somatic
• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

Chemicals in the neuron that help send messages

• dendrites
• neurotransmitters
• axon terminals
• vesicles

Where the message transfers from one neuron to another

• myelin sheath
• Central nervous system
• Synapse
• Somatic Nervous Axon

Myelinated fibers (tracts) form ________ matter while unmyelinated fibers form ________ matter. 

• sensory, motor
• gray, white
• motor, sensory
• white, gray