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Nervous System #2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 parts of the nervous system?

a)

NCIS & CSI

b)

TBI & RBI

c)

PBS & CBS

d)

CNS & PNS

2.

The central nervous system consists of what parts?

a)

brain & heart

b)

brain & spinal cord

c)

nerves & myelin sheath

d)

bones & muscles

3.

The axon of a nerve is protected by

a)

a ninja

b)

a myelin sheath

c)

Deadpool

d)

a layer of epidermis

4.

The peripheral nervous system

a)

contains all of the nerves outside of the central nervous system.

b)

allows the brain & spinal cord to receive information.

c)

allows the brain & spinal cord to send information.

d)

all of the other statements are accurate.

5.

Nerve signals enter the neuron through the ___ and exit through the ____

a)

axon, dendrite

b)

dendrites, axon

c)

cell body, axon

d)

cell body, dendrite

6.

This part of the nervous system is responsible for "rest and digest"

a)

Somatic

b)

sympathetic

c)

parasympathetic

d)

ocular

7.

the two hemispheres of the brain are connected by the

a)

midbrain

b)

cerebellum

c)

corpus callosum

d)

dura mater

8.

The part of the brain that coordinates voluntary muscle movement is the

a)

cerebrum

b)

cerebellum

c)

brain stem

d)

spinal cord

9.

gaps between myelin on the axon are called

a)

synapses

b)

nodes of ranvier

c)

intercalated disks

d)

sodium potassium pumps

10.

Which lobe is responsible for processing visual information?

a)

frontal lobe

b)

temporal lobe

c)

occipital lobe

d)

parietal lobe

11.

Which lobe is primarily responsible for processing auditory information (hearing)?

a)

frontal lobe

b)

temporal lobe

c)

occipital lobe

d)

parietal lobe

12.

Which lobe is primarily responsible for processing taste?

a)

frontal lobe

b)

temporal lobe

c)

occipital lobe

d)

parietal lobe

13.

Which of these are subsystems of our nervous system?

a)

peripheral nervous system

b)

spinal nervous system

c)

central nervous system

d)

cerebral nervous system

14.

The part of the neuron that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body (soma)

a)

cell body

b)

axon

c)

dendrite

d)

synaptic cleft

15.

The gaps between Schwann cells

a)

myelin sheath

b)

synaptic cleft

c)

nodes of ranvier

d)

axon terminal

16.

connect the sensory and motor neurons in a neural pathway

a)

interneurons

b)

efferent neurons

c)

afferent neurons

d)

proprioceptors

17.

tissues that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord

a)

sinuses

b)

arachnoid villie

c)

meninges

d)

ventricles

18.

the neuron processes that receive incoming stimuli

a)

dendrites

b)

axon

c)

neurolemmas

d)

schwann cells

19.

6

a)

axon

b)

axon terminal

c)

myelin sheath

d)

dendrite

20.

1

a)

axon

b)

dendrite

c)

node of ranvier

d)

axon terminal