A & P/Nervous System (Mod. 7-9)

"You feel a mosquito biting  your arm". This is because you have ....................... in your skin.

• Lateral lines
• Photoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Electroreptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Taste receptors in the gustatory system are...

• Chemoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Electroreceptors
• Photoreceptors

Taste and smell are similar because:

• They are both located on the face

• They both detect chemicals

• They both require conscious effort to detect

• They both bypass the brain

Which of the following locations and receptors is for STATIC EQUILIBRIUM?

• Vestibule, Maculae
• Vestibule, Crista Ampullaris
• Semicircular Canals,Crista Ampullaris
• Semicircular canals, Maculae

The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the eye lens . This is due to

• Presbyopia

• Accommodation

• Near-sightedness

• Far-sightedness

What kind of neuron carries information from our eyes to our brain?

• Motor neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Nerve

• Spinal neuron

The two major parts of the nervous system are the

• brain and spinal cord

• central and somatic nervous systems

• sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

• peripheral and central nervous systems

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ________________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

• Axon

• Myelin Sheath

• Nucleus

• Brain

Neurotransmitters are ______________ that travel across the ______________ to another cell.

• electrical signals; receptors

• electrical signals; synapse

• chemicals; receptors

• chemicals; synapse

Our ______ receive messages and send them to the brain. The brain sends messages to our body on how to respond.

• heart

• lungs

• nerves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8