WorksheetsNervous System -I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
What part of a neuron is responsible for sending an impulse to the next neuron?
Axon Terminal
Dendrites
Cell Body
Axon
The three main functions of the nervous system are ...
Decision making, thinking, and gathering information
Seeing, Feeling, and Hearing
Gathering information, maintaining homeostasis, and responding to stimuli
Using the 5 senses, telling my body to move, and being aware of my surroundings
The nerves that extend from the brain and spinal cord, make up the _____________________.
Central Nervous System(CNS)
Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System(PNS)
The nerve cell that transmits impulses from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland.
Efferent Neuron
Relay Neuron
Afferent Neuron
Schwann cell
The nerve cell that carries impulses from a sense receptor to the brain or spinal cord is a _____________.
Efferent Neuron
Afferent Neuron
Relay Neuron
neurotransmitter
What is a reflex?
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my favorite song
a quick, automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus, made in the brain.
a quick, automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus, made in the spinal cord.
What direction foes the electrical signal travel through the neuron?
From dendrites, cell body, down the Axon, and out Axon terminals
From Axon terminals, down the Axon, & out of the dendrites
Any direction up or down the cell
From the Axon, to the Dendrites, and out the Axon terminals
Irritability
Ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it to a nerve impulse
Ability to transmit the impulse to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Process of delivering message to muscles and glands.
Process of delivering a message from sensory organs to the central nervous system.
What do interneurons do?
send signals to the central nervous system (brain/spinal cord)
send signals to the muscles of the body
connect cells found in the CNS (brain/spinal cord)
provide movement
What is the role of glial cells?
help neurons function
pass impulses across synapse
carry impulses from cell body to axon terminals
provide movement
This neuron specializes in the transmission of senses such as: sight, smell, taste and hearing.
Unipolar
Bipolar
Multipolar
