Nervous System and Neurons Lesson

The central nervous system is comprised of all the neurons in the brain and the ____.

• Spinal Cord
• Cerebellum
• Medulla
• Pons

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

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

What does the autonomic nervous system control?

• Voluntary movement
• Cardiac muscles only
• Involuntary responses
• The spinal cord

Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that send information to other cells?

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

The neurotransmitter most associated with rewards and motivation is:

• Dopamine
• Serotonin
• GABA
• Adrenaline

The part of the neuron that receives signals is the:

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

Heartbeat would be accomplished by which branch of the nervous system?

• Sensory
• Autonomic
• Motor
• Pineal

This nervous system branch causes increases in heart rate and breathing.

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Motor
• Sensory

Two major branches of the nervous system

• central and peripheral
• peripheral and motor
• motor and sensory
• central and motor

The brain is part of the ____ nervous system.

• central
• peripheral
• motor
• internal