Anatomy - Nervous System Intro

What do we call the long "tail" like part of the neuron, that is responsible for continuing the electrical signal?

• Dendrite

• Soma

• Axon

The nervous system is made up of all the following EXCEPT

• Brain

• Nerves

• Muscles

• Spinal Cord

The nervous system includes sensory organs (eyes, ears, skin)

• True

• False

When you need to use the bathroom, your excretory system sends a signal to your ________ system to let your body know that it's time....

• Skeletal

• Nervous

• Circulatory

• Respiratory

In what way did your nervous system help when you ran in place for 30 seconds? (check all that apply)

• Your nervous system told your muscles what to do (contract and relax)

• your nervous system told your circulatory systemto pump faster because your muscles needed more oxygen

• your nervous system told your respiratory system to breather faster to get more oxygen in quicker

• your nervous system told your digestive system to pause on digesting food because it needed more blood to transport the oxygen your muscles need

• your nervous system told itself to start making sweat to help cool your body down

What is the function of the nervous system?

• sensory inputs, process information, motor output

• to protect the body from harm.

• Sensory input and motor output

• Make decisions and process information

A person feels the heat of a hot stove.

• Stimulus
• Response

The stimulus is most closely related to....

• the cause
• the effect
• the hypothesis
• the conclusion

The response is most like....

• the cause
• the effect
• the hypothesis
• the question

What part of your body carries signals from your brain to your muscles (you can choose more than one)

• Motor neurons

• Spinal cord

• Sensory neurons

• Blood vessels