Nervous System Objective Questions

What is another name for a nerve cell?

• Nerves
• Neuron
• Nilli
• Brain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Anything that causes your brain to react is called an_____

• Stimulus
• Action
• Impulse
• Axon

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• dendrite
• nucleus
• axon
• synapse

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

• axon
• dendrite
• nucleus
• synapse

The place where 2 neurons meet and transfer a messsage is called the _____

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

Any message that is sent by the body or the brain using neurons is called an _____

• impulse
• reaction
• synapse
• stimulus

Neurons that only travel from the body to the brain are called _____

• sensory neurons
• interneurons
• motor neurons

Neurons that are in the brain only are called _____.

• interneurons
• sensory neurons
• motor neurons 

Neurons that travel only from the brain to the body are called _____

• motor neurons
• inteneurons
• sensory neurons

The only 2 parts of the body that are included in the central nervous system are the _____ and _____

• brain and spinal cord
• brain and backbone
• spinal cord and eyes
• brain and eyes