Nervous System Vocab Review

The nervous system is made up of all the following EXCEPT

• Brain

• Nerves

• Muscles

• Spinal Cord

1. change in electrical potential along the membrane of a neuron associated with the passage of an impulse

• action potential

• neuron

• dendrite

• nervous system

In which division do the brain and spinal cord belong?

• Central Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

Which of these divisions deals with involuntary movements?

• Central Nervous System

• Afferent Division

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

Controls voluntary motor movements

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

Inhibits digestive acitvity

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

Speeds up heart rate

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

The nervous system is made up of all the following EXCEPT

• Brain

• Nerves

• Muscles

• Spinal Cord

A cell that carries information through the nervous system

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Synapse
• Neuron

hollow spaces of the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid

• neurons

• nerves

• ventricles

• synapses