Nervous System Stimulus

A receptor is...

• A response to change

• Your senses

• A structure that detects a change in the body

• Part of your brain

Which type of receptor is responsible for detecting light?

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

There are three types of neurons

• Sensory, Meteor, Innerneurons

• Scenery, Motor, Interneurons

• Sensory, Motor, Interneurons

• Sensory, Motor, Innerneurons

The type of receptor that detects touch and pressure on your skin

(a)  

An example of an external stimulus is

• You body responding to light

• Your body responding to hunger

• Your body responding to fatigue

• An immune response when your body detects a pathogen.

Which type of receptor is sensitive to temperature and found in the skin?

(a)  

What is the function of the nerve cells?

• They are responsible of your defence mechanism

• They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones

• They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands

What is the name for the part of the neuron that is pointed to in the image?

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Myelin sheath

• Cell body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is the name for the part of the neuron that is pointed to in the image?

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Myelin sheath

• Cell body

The nerve endings that branch out of the cell body and receive information are called

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Synaptic terminal

• Neurotransmitters