Nervous System Review

Which division of the nervous system is responsible for the “fight or flight” response in emergency situations?

• sensory division

• central nervous system

• sympathetic division

• parasympathetic division

You see a pencil and go to pick it up.  During this process, the nerve impulse travels to your brain using the ___________________ and then from your brain to your hand muscles using the _______________.

• afferent division, efferent division

• motor division, sensory division

• efferent division, afferent division

• autonomic division, somatic division

The nervous system is primarily made up of ________.

• neurons

• gray matter

• myelin

• neuroglia

The part of the neuron in the picture above that receives the impulse from the senses or another neuron is ______.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which letter represents the Nodes of Ranvier?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Which two letters represent portions of the axon that allow impulses to travel more quickly?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E