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WorksheetsNervous System 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
All are functions of the nervous system except
Providing sensations of internal and external environment
Integrating sensory information
Directing activities that continue for long periods
Coordinating voluntary and involuntary activities
The brain and spinal cord comprise the _________ nervous system
Autonomic
Peripheral
Efferent
Central
Voluntary control of skeletal muscles is provided by the _____________ nervous system
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Afferent sensory
Efferent motor
The part of the peripheral nervous system that brings information to the central nervous system is the
Motor
Afferent
Efferent
Autonomic
The cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus of a neuron is called the
Protoplasm
Nucleoplasm
Sarcoplasm
Perikaryon
The axon is connected to the soma by the
Telodendria
Synaptic knobs
Hillock
Collaterals
Which of the following is not a function of the neuroglia?
Support
Secretion of cerebral spinal fluid
Isolation of neurons
Signal transduction
The part of the peripheral nervous system that brings information to the central nervous system is the
Motor
Afferent
Efferent
Autonomic
Parasympathetic
Rabies, Polio, and Herpes can travel to the CNS via the
Autonomic transport
Retrograde flow
Blood vessels
Cerebrospinal fluid
Connective tissue
Bundles of axons are called
Nerves
Tracts
Centers
Ganglia
Nuclei
Most neurons lack centrioles. This observation explains
Why neurons grow such long axons
Why neurons cannot regenerate
The conducting ability of neurons
The ability of neurons to communicate with other cells
The inability of neurons to produce an axoplasmic flow
Neurotransmitters are carried from where they're made in the cell body to axon terminal by
Retrograde transport
Anterograde transport
Perikaryon transport
Dendritic transport
