Unit 5: Nervous System

Which one is the beginning of the neuron?

• axon

• dendrite

• axon terminal

• cell body

Which part of the neuron hold the nucleus?

• cell body

• axon

• neuron

• axon terminal

What is the length of the neuron called?

• axon

• axon terminal

• dendrite

• cell body

What structures make up the Central Nervous System?

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• nerves

• Brain, spinal cord and nerves

What is another name for a nerve?

• nerve

• brain

• signal sender

• neuron

What does the axon carry?

• Impulses away from the cell body

• Impulses to the cell body

• chemicals

• messages

What do the motor neurons do?

• carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands

• carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain

• carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons

• store messages

What are the chemicals that the neurons use to communicate

• neurotransmitter
• Carbon Dioxide
• Hydrogen
• Axon

Type of neurons that carry information from the CNS through nerves to effectors such as muscles or glands.

• Sensory Neurons

• Interneurons

• Motor Neurons

The two neurons never touch one another but are separated by a tiny gap called_______.

• synaptic cleft

• dentrite

• neurotransmitters

• synaptic integration