Nervous System and Neuron

what might be a job of a motor neuron?

• connecting to a muscle and helping you move

• connecting within the brain to help you make a decision

• sending a message toward your brain from a pain receptor in your skin

• all of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

__________ carry messages between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

• Active Neurons

• Interneurons

• Refraction Neurons

• Flower Neurons

What do the motor neurons do?

• carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands

• carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain

• carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons

• store messages

What does the brain stem do?

• provides the pathway for ascending and descending tracts

• pathway for only descending tracts

• provides structure

• pathway only for ascending tracts

The medulla oblongata controls

• vision and speech

• hearing

• heart rate and blood pressure

• respiration

What part of the houses the nucleus?

• cell body

• axon terminal

• dendrites

• synapse

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses.

• neuron

• nerve

• neurotransmitter

• action potential

Which part of the brain connects to the spinal cord?

• Brain stem

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Occipital Lobe

Myelin would be which color of structure?

• the red one

• the blue one

• the green one

• the purple one

What is the largest part of the brain?

• Brain stem

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Dura mater