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Nervous System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main cell type in the nervous system is ____.

a)

neuroglia

b)

neurons

2.

Neurons typically have ___________.

a)

cell body

b)

axons

c)

dendrites

d)

all of the above

3.

The chemical messengers in a synapse.

a)

neurons

b)

neurotransmitters

c)

axons

d)

dendrites

4.

The brain and spinal cord are parts of the ________ nervous system.

a)

central

b)

peripheral

5.

A type of neuroglia that phagocytize bacterial cells.

a)

oligodendrocytes

b)

ependymal

c)

astrocytes

d)

microglia

6.

Type of neuroglia that form the myelin sheath.

a)

oligodendrocytes

b)

microglia

c)

ependymal

d)

astrocytes

7.

the myelin-producing neuroglia of the peripheral nervous system

a)

oligodendrocytes

b)

Schwann cells

c)

microglia

d)

ependymal

8.

Narrow gaps in the myelin sheath between Schwann cells are called

a)

neurotransmitters

b)

synapses

c)

neurilemma

d)

nodes of Ranvier

9.

line the inside of ventricles and cover choroid plexuses within the ventricles

a)

microglia

b)

oligodendrocytes

c)

astrocytes

d)

ependymal

10.

impulses are conducted along peripheral neurons to effectors, muscles or glands that perform actions in response; this is the ____ function

a)

sensory

b)

integrative

c)

motor