Nervous and Endocrine Systems

Which is NOT a function of the nervous system?

• responding to information

• making blood cells

• receiving information on the environment

• maintaining homeostasis

A cell that carries information through the nervous system is called a

• nerve impulse

• nerve

• neuron

• endocrine gland

A ______ neuron carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another

• inter

• motor

• sensory

• impulse

A ______ neuron receives information from receptor sites and transmits it to the CNS.

• inter

• motor

• sensory

• impulse

A ____ neuron sends impulses from the CNS to glands and muscles to tell muscles to move

• inter

• motor

• sensory

• impulse

These are chemicals that carry a nerve impulse across the gap at the synapse of a neuron to another neuron

• enzymes

• stimuli

• hormones

• neurotransmitters

A ______causes an organism to react. The reaction is called a _______

• stimulus, response

• response, stimulus

• impulse, neuron

• neuron, impulse

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is 1

• axon

• synapse

• dendrite

• cell body

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is 5

• dendrite

• axon

• cell body

• axon terminal

Which system is responsible for voluntary actions like jumping?

• somatic nervous system

• temporal system

• autonomic nervous system

• limbic system