Neuroscience Quiz

What is the membranous covering outside the myelin sheath called?

• Synapse

• Neurilemma

• Neurotransmitter

• Axon

What is the space called over which a nerve impulse jumps from one neuron to the next?

• Synapse

• Neurilemma

• Axon

• Terminal end fibers

What stimulates a nerve impulse to jump over the synapse?

• Neurilemma

• Neurotransmitter

• Conductivity

• Excitability

What are the two basic properties of all neurons?

• Excitability and Conductivity

• Synapse and Neurilemma

• Neurotransmitter and Stimulus

• Efferent and Afferent

What is the ability to respond to a stimulus called?

• Conductivity

• Excitability

• Synapse

• Neurilemma

What is the ability to transmit a signal called?

• Excitability

• Conductivity

• Synapse

• Neurotransmitter

Which type of neurons convey information to the muscles and glands from the central nervous system?

• Afferent (sensory) neurons

• Efferent (motor) neurons

• Synapse neurons

• Conductivity neurons

Which type of neurons carry information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system?

• Efferent (motor) neurons

• Afferent (sensory) neurons

• Conductivity neurons

• Synapse neurons

What are the substances called that are produced by and located in tiny sacs at the end of terminal end fibers?

• Neurotransmitters

• Synapses

• Neurilemma

• Stimuli

What is anything that arouses a response in neurons called?

• Conductivity

• Stimulus

• Neurilemma

• Synapse