Nervous System and Basic Terminology

Sympathetic & parasympathetic responses are part of the ____ nervous system

• somatic
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Conscious activities are controlled by the ____ nervous system

• somatic
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central

Unconscious activities are controlled by the ____ nervous system

• somatic
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The brain and spinal cord are part of the ____ nervous system

• somatic
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central

Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and all the other nerves throughout the body are part of the ____ nervous system

• somatic
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central

What type of responses does the sympathetic nervous system control?

• rest & digest
• fight or flight
• netflix & chill
• stress & digest

What type of responses does the parasympathetic nervous system control?

• rest & digest
• flight or flight
• netflix & chill
• stress & digest

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The part of the neuron that takes in and receives messages is called the _____

• dendrite
• nucleus
• axon
• synapse

The part of the neuron that passes the message along is called the _____

• axon
• dendrite
• nucleus
• synapse

The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus