NERVOUS SYSTEM VOCAB QUIZ

A nerve cell that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the central nervous system.

• Cerebrum

• Sensory Neuron

• Neuron

• Motor Neuron

noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.

• Nerves

• Neurons

• Reflex

• Myelin sheath

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A nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.

• Synapse

• Neurons

• Sensory Neuron

• Motor Neuron

The portion of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord.

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the nervous system comprising the brain and spinal cord.

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

The portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord.

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brainstem

• Brain

A wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.

• Dendrite

• Myelin Sheath

• Axon

• Synapse

The anterior and largest part of the brain

• Cerebellum

• Cell Body

• Synapse

• Cerebrum

One of the major divisions of the vertebrate brain.

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Axon

• Brainstem

A specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is a functional unit of the nervous system.

• Axon

• Neuron

• Dendrite

• Synapse