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Nervous system revision 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Carries messages between the body and the brain:
a)
cerebellum
b)
corpus callosum
c)
spinal cord
d)
special thalamus
2.

What type of nerve is an afferent nerve?

a)

A motor nerve, taking nerve impulses up to the central nervous system

b)

A sensory nerve, taking nerve impulses up to the central nervous system

c)

A motor nerve, taking nerve impulses from the central nervous system to a body part

d)

The type of neuron stimulated when someone gets on your nerves.

3.

What does a receptor do?

a)

Detects a stimulus

b)

Receives a nerve impulse from a neuron

c)

Triggers a nerve impulse along an afferent neuron

d)

Stimulates a response in a muscle or gland

e)

Causes a nerve to become non-functional

4.

What are the components of the central nervous system?

a)

Brain

b)

Vertebrae

c)

Spinal cord

d)

Peripheral nerves

e)

Lymph nodes

5.

What is label A?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Axon

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Cell body

6.

What is label B?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Axon

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Cell body

7.

When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, what happens to digestion?

a)

It is inhibited and slows down or stops

b)

Digestive activity is increased

c)

Only the large intestine is stimulated, the stomach and small intestine are inhibited

d)

The body enters starvation mode

8.
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
9.

cause of a response. (happens 1st) Thing or event that evokes a reaction.

a)

stimulus

b)

response

10.

maintainaining stable internal conditions

a)

homeostasis

b)

telekinesis

c)

alveoli

d)

epidermis

11.
Part of the nervous system made of the brain and spinal cord.
a)
central nervous system
b)
peripheral nervous system
12.
What are the two parts of the nervous system? 
a)
The brain and spinal cord
b)
The central nervous and peripheral nervous system 
c)
The neurons and the dendrites
d)
The cerebrum and the medulla
13.
This is a picture of a ...
a)
stomach
b)
neuron
c)
piece of hair
d)
small intestines
14.
Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?
a)
axon
b)
dendrite
c)
cell body
d)
axon terminal
15.
Which part of a neuron TRANSFERS information?
a)
dendrite
b)
terminal
c)
cell body
d)
axon
16.
Which of the TWO nervous systems contains motor and sensory neurons?
a)
central nervous system
b)
peripheral
c)
motor
d)
sensory
17.
The impulse changes to a_______________ signal as it moves ACROSS the synapse to other neurons.
a)
electrical
b)
chemical
c)
it stays the same
d)
liquid
18.
If I step on a nail...what type of neuron take that signal TO the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?
a)
interneurons
b)
motor
c)
sensory 
d)
receptors
19.
If I step on a nail...what type of neurons take the response to my muscles?
a)
motor
b)
interneurons
c)
sensory
d)
not neurons, muscle tissue sends the response
20.
What are specialized nerve endings that detect change inside and outside the body?
a)
interneurons
b)
receptors
c)
motor neurons
d)
reflex arc