Chapter 2 Year 9 revision quiz

Which list includes all of the receptor types found in the body

• 1. Thermoreceptor, chemoreceptor, sound receptors, light receptors, touch receptors

• Thermoreceptors, chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, light receptors, pain receptors

• Chemoreceptors, nociceptors, mechanoreceptors, light receptors

• Thermoreceptors, light receptors, sound receptors, taste receptors

These detect or identify changes or variations in the internal and external environment

• Stimuli

• Effector

• Receptor

• Response

Which of the following is not a type of neuron

• Interneuron

• Motor Neuron

• Parasympathetic neuron

• Sensory Neuron

What is the name of the body system that has glands

• Nervous system

• Endocrine System

• Cardiovascular system

• Respiratory system

The _________ system is involved in the production of hormones

If a person damaged their thoracic vertebrae, what would you expect to be the result

• Cannot move their legs only

• Cannot move their arms only

• Cannot move their arms and legs

• No effect on body

Why are neurons so thin?

• To increase the time it takes for a message to send

• So that messages can travel from stimulus to CNS

• Because neurons send electrical messages

• To increase the speed of the message

Compare 2 similarities and differences between the nervous system and endocrine system

A person trips and instantly reaches their arms out to catch themselves, this can be described as: ______ arc

Which of the following is true of a reflex arc

• It does not involve the CNS

• It is a conscious decision

• It does not involve motor neurons

• It is an unconscious reaction that travels to the spinal cord and not the brain