Neuron Quiz

Also known as "motor" nerves:

• afferent

• efferent

• dendrites

• axons

Lipd axon covering

• neurotransmitters

• internuncial

• synapses

• myelin sheath

Space between one neuron and another neurons dendrite:

• axon spaces

• synapses

• axon terminals

• dendrites

nerve fibers that carry impulses towards the cell

• dendrites

• axons

• axon terminals

• soma

Chemicals that allow nerve impulses to "jump" from one neuron to another:

• myelin sheaths

• dendrites

• hormones

• neurotransmitters

"afferent" nerves are also known as sensory nerves

• true

• false

single nerve fiber that carries impulses away from the cell body:

• axon terminals

• dendrites

• axons

• soma

insulates and increases the speed of impulse transmission

• neurotransmitters

• synapses

• myelin sheaths

• somas

located ON the cell body

• dendrites

• axon terminals

• myelin sheaths

• synapses

axon terminals are located on the ends of dendrites

• true

• false