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WorksheetsNervous system revision 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What type of nerve is an afferent nerve?
A motor nerve, taking nerve impulses up to the central nervous system
A sensory nerve, taking nerve impulses up to the central nervous system
A motor nerve, taking nerve impulses from the central nervous system to a body part
The type of neuron stimulated when someone gets on your nerves.
What does a receptor do?
Detects a stimulus
Receives a nerve impulse from a neuron
Triggers a nerve impulse along an afferent neuron
Stimulates a response in a muscle or gland
Causes a nerve to become non-functional
What are the components of the central nervous system?
Brain
Vertebrae
Spinal cord
Peripheral nerves
Lymph nodes
What is label A?
Cell wall
Axon
Axon terminal
Cell body
What is label B?
Cell wall
Axon
Axon terminal
Cell body
When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, what happens to digestion?
It is inhibited and slows down or stops
Digestive activity is increased
Only the large intestine is stimulated, the stomach and small intestine are inhibited
The body enters starvation mode
cause of a response. (happens 1st) Thing or event that evokes a reaction.
stimulus
response
maintainaining stable internal conditions
homeostasis
telekinesis
alveoli
epidermis
