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WorksheetsNervous System Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Central Nervous System (CNS)
brain and nerves
tracts and nerves
brain and spinal cord
brain and neurons
Central Nervous System: Function?
interpret incoming info and issue instructions
communication between brain and muscles
issue instructions
interpret incoming info
Peripheral Nervous system (PNS): components?
spinal nerves
spinal nerves and cranial nerves
neurons
cranial nerves
2 parts of the PNS?
sensory and motor division
somatic and autonomic division
voluntary and involuntary division
schwann cells and satellite cells
2 parts of motor division
efferent and afferent divison
voluntary and involuntary division
skeletal and smooth division
somatic and autonomic division
Neuroglia
makes up myelin sheath
lines central cavity in the brain
supporting cells in the CNS
ingest debris
Astrocyte
assists in exchange between blood cells and neurons
assists in exchange between blood capillaries and neurons
circulates cerebrospinal fluid with beating cilia
protects and cushions PNS cell bodies
Microglia
phagocyte that ingest debris
phagocyte that lines central cavity of brain
phagocyte that makes up a myelin sheath
phagocyte that supports cells in the PNS
Ependymal cell
lines central cavity of the cell bodies
lines central cavity of the brain and spinal cord
makes up a myelin cell
found between two schwans cells
oligodendrocyte
makes up a node of Ranvier
makes up a dendrite
makes up a axon
makes up a myelin sheath
Schwann cells
form the myelin sheath on a double neuron
form the myelin sheath on a single neuron
protects and cushions PNS cell bodies
protects and cushions CNS cell bodies
Satellite cells
protects and cushions PNS cell bodies
makes up myelin sheath on single neuron
protects and cushions CNS cell bodies
makes up myelin sheath on double neuron
Dendrites
sends impulses
CNS nerve fibers
receptive signals to cell body
interacts with muscle cells
Axon
sends impulses
myelinated nerve fibers
fluid filled space at synapse
receives impulses
Axon terminal
receptive signals to cell body
interacts with other neurons
interacts with sarcolemma of muscle cells
PNS axons
Synaptic cleft
region of communication between neurons or muscle cells
fluid filled space at synapse between cell bodies
white, fatty, lipid substance
fluid filled space at synapse between neurons
Synapse
region of communication between cell bodies
region of communication between neurons or muscle cells
region of communication between axons
CNS nerve fiber
Myelin
white, fatty, lipid substance
gray matter
white matter
CNS nerve fiber
Tracts
PNS nerve fibers
CNS axons
PNS axons
CNS nerve fibers
Nerves
PNS nerve fibers
PNS axons
CNS nerve fibers
CNS axons
white matter
unmyelinated nerve fibers
myelinated nerve fibers
gray matter
unmyelinated nerve fibers and cell bodies
myelinated nerve fibers and cell bodies
corpus callosum
large fiber tract of cerebral gray matter
sulcus
large fiber tract of cerebral white matter
fissure
