Nervous System Quiz

The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles is known as:

• somatic nervous system

• Central Nervous System (CNS)

• sympathetic nervous system

• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart) is called:

• autonomic nervous system

• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

• parasympathetic nervous system

• somatic nervous system

Myelinated axons; regions with many axons are referred to as:

• White matter

• cerebral cortex

• Ependymal cells

• gray matter

The neuromuscular response to the sensory information

• axon terminal

• sensory function

• unipolar neuron

• motor function

Center of thinking and other complex behaviors

• cerbral cortex

• Epindymal cells

• Nerve tract

• bipolar neurons

Act as phagocytes, eating damaged cells and bacteria, act as the brain's immune system

• Microglia

• Neuron

• Neurofibrils

• ganglion

Line the walls of ventricles in the brain

• unipolar neuron

• White matter

• Epindymal cells

• satellite cells

What term is defined as "sensory"?

• afferent

• Efferent

• process

• ganglion

What is the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy?

• somatic nervous system

• Central Nervous System (CNS)

• parasympathetic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

What are the gaps in the myelin sheath called?

• Nodes of Ranvier

• Oligodendrocytes

• Nerve tract

• satellite cells