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Homeostasis

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Homeostasis is defined as:

a)

The process of maintaining a stable internal environment

b)

The process of maintaining a stable environment

c)

Keeping your temperature at a set point

d)

Receptors sensing changes in your body

2.

What is a receptor?

a)

Receptors are located in the skin

b)

Receptors carry messages to the hypothalamus

c)

A receptor receives messages and causes a response

d)

Receptors or sensors detect changes in the body

3.

When CO2 levels become too high in our blood, we begin to breathe faster. In this example, our diaphragm and intercostal muscles are

a)

the stimuli

b)

the response

c)

the effectors

d)

the neurons

4.

The nucleus of a neuron is found in the

a)

synapse

b)

myelin sheath

c)

dendrite

d)

cell body

5.

Impulses only travel in one direction in a neuron. What direction do they travel?

a)

From the dendrite to the axon terminals

b)

From the axon terminals to the dendrite

c)

From the cell body to the dendrite

d)

From the axon to the myelin sheath

6.

What way do impulses travel across synapses?

a)

From axon terminal to dendrite

b)

From dendrite to axon terminal

7.

What do sensory neurons do?

a)

Transmit impulses from sense receptors to motor neurons

b)

Transmit impulses from sense receptors to the brain and spinal cord

c)

Transmit impulses from the brain and spinal cord to effectors

d)

Transmit impulses from muscles to the brain

8.

What do motor neurons do?

a)

Transmit impulses from the receptors to the brain and spinal cord

b)

Transmit impulses from brain and spinal cord to muscles

c)

Transmit impulses from the effector cells to the sensory neurons

d)

Transmit impulses from the brain and the spinal cord to the effector cells

9.

A bundle of axons is called a

a)

Neuron

b)

Nerve

c)

Synapses

d)

Nerve cell

10.

Look at the picture. In this scenario: name the stimulus, the receptor, the effector and the response.

a)

Stimulus = fire

Receptor = hand

Effector = skin

Response = move hand away.

b)

Stimulus = hot pan

Receptor = skin

Effector = muscles in arm and hand

Response = move hand away

c)

Stimulus = fire

Receptor = fingers

Effector = muscles in arm and hand

Response = move hand away

d)

Stimulus = hot pan

Receptor = skin

Effector = muscles in arm and hand

Response = clench hand tighter

11.

Multiple Sclerosis is an illness that damages

a)

Nucleus

b)

Dendrites

c)

Axon

d)

Myelin sheath

12.

Which one of these is not a type of neuron

a)

Sensory neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Effector neuron

d)

Motor Neuron

13.

Look at the image above. Number 4 points to

a)

Cell body

b)

Dendrites

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Axon

14.

Look at the image above. Number 6 points to

a)

Cell body

b)

Dendrites

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Axon

15.

Look at the image above. Number 3 points to

a)

Cell body

b)

Dendrites

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Axon terminals