Neuron Review

The skeletal muscles are controlled by this part of the nervous system.

• Somatic Nervous system
• Autonomic Nervous system
• astrocytes
• glial cells

Consists of the brain and spinal cord.

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous system

Nerves throughout the body other than the brain and spinal cord.

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous system
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous System

The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses.

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminus

White matter has this insulating covering that increases the rate at which an impulse can be carried.

• Schwann Cell
• axon membrane
• Neurilemma
• Myelin Sheath

The junction between two communicating neurons.

• synapse
• neuromuscular junction
• dendrite
• axon

Chemical messengers that move across the synapse.

• vesicles
• sodium
• potassium
• neurotransmitters

conduct impulses from peripheral body parts to the brain or spinal cord.

• motor neurons
• sensory neurons
• interneurons
• microglia

conduct impulses out of the brain or spinal cord to effectors (body parts that move).

• motor neurons
• sensory neurons
• interneurons
• microglia

The _____________ nervous system contains neurons that detect changes in the environment, while the ______________ nervous system contains neurons that interpret changes and stimulate responses.

• Peripheral; central

• neither

• Central; peripheral