1.3D3 MCQET

 During a neuroscience class, Dr. Ellis explains that the type of cells responsible for supporting, nourishing, and protecting neurons are:

• Glial Cells

• Sensory Neurons

• Interneurons

• Motor Neurons

While playing a video game, Mark’s ability to quickly respond to visual stimuli by pressing buttons is largely due to the rapid communication between:

• Sensory Neurons and Motor Neurons

• Motor Neurons and Glial Cells

• Sensory Neurons and Interneurons

• Interneurons and Motor Neurons

In an emergency, when a person needs to react quickly to danger, which part of the nervous system is primarily responsible for increasing heart rate and adrenaline flow?

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

Lily is learning to play the violin. The neurons responsible for carrying commands from her brain to her fingers to correctly move the bow are called:

• Sensory Neurons

• Interneurons

• Motor Neurons

• Glial Cells

Sophie experiences a sudden, sharp pain when she steps on a piece of glass. The type of neurons that first detect this painful stimulus and send signals to the brain are:

• Motor Neurons

• Sensory Neurons

• Interneurons

• Glial Cells

Match the following

• Axon

• A

• Dendrites

• D

• Myelin Sheath

• G

• Soma

• H

Nerve impulses travels from ​ (a)   to ​ (b)   and lastly exit through ​ (c)   in a nerve cell.

• dendrites
• cell body
• axon