Nervous System

Consists of your brain and spinal cord

• medulla

• cerebrum

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

• nerves

• neuron

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

External ............ are changes to conditions outside our body.

• Impulse

• Response

• Synapse

• Stimuli

Identify the image.

• Structure of neuron.

• Structure of brain.

• Structure of spinal cord.

• All of the above

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The message that travels along a nerve is called ___________.

• Stimulus

• Response

• Sensation

• Impulse

__________ is the basic structural unit of the nervous system.

• Neuron

• cell

• tissue

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What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?

• brain and spinal cord
• brain and cranial nerves
• spinal cord and spinal nerves
• cranial nerves and spinal nerves

a signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses

• neuron
• neurotransmitter
• nerve
• action potential

part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons

• axon
• dendrites
• myelin sheath
• synapse

Location at which a neuron can transfer an impulse to another cell with the use of neurotransmitters is called __________.

• myelin sheath
• axon
• threshold
• synapse