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Worksheets6.1 Nervous System Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Carries impulses AWAY from the cell body
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Nerve
d)
Response
2.
Carries impulses TOWARD the cell body
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Stimulus
d)
Interneuron
3.
A cell that carries information through the nervous system
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Synapse
d)
Neuron
4.
A bundle of nerve fibers
a)
Axon
b)
Synapse
c)
Interneuron
d)
Nerve
5.
The message that the nerve cell carries
a)
Nerve Impulse
b)
Stimulus
c)
Response
d)
Sensory Neuron
6.
The junction where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another structure
a)
Synapse
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Dendrite
d)
Axon
7.
Picks up stimuli and converts it into a nerve impulse
a)
Sensory Neuron
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Interneuron
d)
Response
8.
Sends an impulse to a muscle or gland to react in response
a)
Sensory Neuron
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Interneuron
d)
Nerve impulse
9.
Carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another
a)
Sensory Neuron
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Interneuron
d)
Brain
10.
A signal or change in the environment that makes a person react (the buzzing of a bee)
a)
Nerve Impulse
b)
Stimulus
c)
Synapse
d)
Response
11.
What your body does in reaction to the signal or change in the environment (swatting at a fly)
a)
Axon
b)
Stimulus
c)
Synapse
d)
Response
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