Nervous System Quizziz Questions

A type of nerve cell that sends messages around your body so you can move.

• motor neuron

• dendrite

• axon

• synapse

• neurochemical

Part of the nervous system made of the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system

These carry signals from tissues and organs to the brain and spinal cord

• Sensory Neurons
• Motor Neurons
• Efferent Neurons
• Glial Cells

These neuron processes transmit information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

• efferent
• afferent

This part of the nervous system regulates involuntary actions such as heart function, blood pressure, breathing, digestion.

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Sensory Nervous System
• Motor Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System

The nerves that coordinate messages from the brain and spine to all other parts of the body.

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

Afferent neurons are primarily responsible for which of the following?

• Moving voluntary muscle.

• Activating the fight or flight response.

• Bringing sensory information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system.

• Maintaining the rest or digest response.

• Keeping the heart beating.

"Fight or flight" is mostly associated with which subdivision of the nervous system?

• Somatic

• Central

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

• Spinal

Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminal

E

• Axon

• Dendrite

• cell body

• axon hillock

• Nodes of Ranvier