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Nervous System

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

a)

Red Blood Cell-RBC

b)

White Blood Cell-WBC

c)

Neuron

d)

Tissue

2.
What is the main function of the nervous system?
a)
clean waste from the cells
b)
absorb nutrients for energy
c)
deliver messages to the brain
3.
What are the three (3) main parts of the nervous system?
a)
cerebellum, cerebrum, medulla
b)
cochlea, nerves, vestibule
c)
brain, spinal cord, nerves
4.
What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?
a)
brain and spinal cord
b)
brain and cranial nerves
c)
spinal cord and spinal nerves
d)
cranial nerves and spinal nerves
5.

Dendrites do what?

a)

Receive messages (listen)

b)

Send messages (speak)

6.

What helps speed up message transmission. Wear down as we age.

a)

Myelin Sheath

b)

Receptor sites

c)

Soma

d)

Gogli bodies

7.

What type of neuron sends messages from your senses to your brain?

a)

Motor Neurons

b)

Interneurons

c)

Sensory Neurons

8.

What type of neuron sends messages from your brain to your muscles?

a)

Motor Neurons

b)

Interneurons

c)

Sensory Neurons

9.

What type of neuron processes messages and determines where to send them in your brain.

a)

Motor Neurons

b)

Interneurons

c)

Sensory Neurons

10.

Receptor sites and axon terminals directly touch, allowing messages to move from one neuron to the next

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The idea that if a neuron fires, it will always fire at the same intensity is known as?

a)

The action potential

b)

Toilet Theory

c)

All or one principle

d)

Synapse Theory

12.

The somatic nervous system deals with...

a)

involuntary movements

b)

voluntary movements

c)

senses

d)

perception

13.

What part of your nervous system makes your heart beat faster when you in danger?

a)

Central

b)

Somatic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

sympathetic

14.

What part of your nervous system calms your body back down after danger has passed?

a)

Central

b)

Somatic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

sympathetic