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WorksheetsNeurobiology and behavior
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
What covers the axon of some neurons and speeds impulses?
Dendrites
Myelin Sheath
Synaspe
Dopamine
What is a neuron?
A nerve cell
A neural impulse that travels down the axon
Space between the axon tip and the dendrite
Brain and spinal cord
Summarize sensory neurons purpose
CNS neurons that communicate between sensory and motor neurons
Carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the CNS
Carry outgoing information from the CNS to the muscles and glands
Controls the body's skeletal muscles
What would result if you were to sustain damage to your motor cortex?
Lack of sight
Lack of control over voluntary movements
Lack of sensation
Lack of hearing
What examples deal with the sympathetic nervous system?
Laying in bed listening to music
Rocking back and forth outside
Hanging off of a cliff
Hitting a baseball
What is the function of the somatic nervous system?
Controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs
Controls the body's skeletal muscles
Arouses the body in stressful situations
Calms the body to conserve energy
List the parts of a motor neuron
Dendrites, Cellbody, Nucleus, Axon, Myelin Sheaths
Axon, Nucleus, Cellbody, Neurotransmitters, Myelin Sheaths
Myelin Sheaths, Neurotransmitters, Axon, GABA, Serotonin
Nucleus, Cellbody, Dopamine, Myelin Sheaths, Dendrites
Which of these is NOT a function of a neuron?
Receive info
Transmit info to the rest of the body
Produce info
Process info
Jason was a healthy college student who was playing a game of football with his friends, he got tackled by the competing linebacker and hit his head on the ground and passed out. He woke up later in the hospital where the doctor told him that his heart rhythm was irregular and he had to be fed through a tube because his digestion system no longer normal. Which part of his brain was injured severely enough to cause these symptoms?
Medulla oblangata
Cerebellum
Basil ganglia
Hypothalamus
