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WorksheetsNervous System
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the two parts of the nervous system?
a)
The brain and spinal cord
b)
The central nervous and peripheral nervous system
c)
The neurons and the dendrites
d)
The cerebrum and the medulla
2.
The job of the somatic nervous system is to control breathing and the respiratory system.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
a)
axons
b)
sensory receptors
c)
spinal cord
d)
motor neurons
4.
Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
5.
Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
6.
Lack of salivation
a)
sympathethic
b)
parasympathetic
7.
increased heart rate
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
8.
You're giving a speech in front of the class (most of you would feel this)
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
9.
Feeling of calm
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
10.
What is not a response of the sympathetic nervous system?
a)
Dilation of the pupils
b)
Elevation of the heart rate
c)
Increased blood flow to skeletal muscle
d)
increased activity of the digestive system
11.
What does the autonomic nervous system control?
a)
Voluntary movement
b)
Cardiac muscles only
c)
Involuntary responses
d)
The spinal cord
12.
Amy has an itch on her nose and would like to scratch it. What part of her nervous system will control the movement of her arm to scratch her nose?
a)
Somatic
b)
Sympathetic
c)
Parasympathetic
d)
Autonomic
13.
X
a)
Axon Terminal Button
b)
Neurotransmitters
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
14.
Z
a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon Terminal
c)
Neurotransmitters
d)
Synapse
15.
nerve impulse in the axon (when the neuron is 'firing')
a)
action potential
b)
resting potential
c)
membrane potential
d)
synapse
16.
Serotonin
a)
mood, sleep
b)
inhibits anxiety
c)
voluntary movement, memory, learning
d)
alertness, stress response, sleep
17.
Too much dopamine is linked with
a)
Alzheimers
b)
Schizophrenia
c)
Parkinsons
d)
Depression
18.
What is Acetylcholine mainly responsible for?
a)
mood
b)
alertness
c)
emotion
d)
muscle action/movement
19.
Which neurotransmitter is mostly responsible for alertness and arousal?
a)
Norepinephrine
b)
Serotonin
c)
Dopamine
d)
GABA
20.
Which neurotransmitter affects alertness, sleepiness, thermoregulation and mood (Prozac enhances action therefore it’s an antidepressant)
a)
GABA
b)
seratonin
c)
Glutamate
d)
Acetylcholine
21.
The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system are both part of the
a)
central nervous system
b)
somatic nervous system
c)
autonomic nervous system
d)
endocrine system
22.
You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system
a)
somatic and autonomic
b)
sensory and motor
c)
parasympathetic and sympathetic
d)
neurons and anti-neurons
23.
The myelin sheath
a)
makes the signal travel faster
b)
protects the neuron
c)
carries the signal away from the cell body
d)
carries the signal to the cell body
24.
The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____
a)
synapse
b)
dendrite
c)
axon
d)
nucleus
25.
When a neuron is not engaged in an impulse.
a)
Resting potential
b)
Action potential
c)
Neural potential
d)
Synaptic potential
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