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Nervous System

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the nerve cells?

a)

They are responsable of your defense mechanism.

b)

They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands.

c)

They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones.

2.

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

a)

Cell Body (Soma)

b)

Axon

c)

Myelin Sheats

d)

Dendrites

3.

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

a)

Myelin sheaths

b)

Cell Body (Soma)

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrites

4.

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

a)

Myelin Sheats

b)

Axon

c)

Dendrites

d)

Cell Body (Soma)

5.

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

a)

Myelin Sheats

b)

Cell Body (Soma)

c)

Dendrites

d)

Axon

6.

The protective fatty tissue that speeds up the transmission of messages is:

a)

Myelin Sheaths

b)

Axon

c)

Dendrites

d)

Soma

7.

The extension that transmit electrical impulses from the som to other parts is:

a)

Myelin Sheaths

b)

Soma

c)

Dendrites

d)

Axon

8.

The extensions that obtain the messages from other cells are:

a)

Myelin Sheats

b)

Axon

c)

Dendrites

d)

Soma

9.

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

a)

Motor Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

10.

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

a)

Motor Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

11.

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

a)

Motor Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

12.

Type of neuron that perceive information about your environment.

a)

Motor Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

13.

Type of neuron located only in the brain and spinal cord that pass impulses from one neuron to another.

a)

Motor Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

14.

Type of neuron that sends nerve impulses to muscles and gland, by the command of other neurons.

a)

Motor Neurons

b)

Interneurons

c)

Sensory Neurons

15.
a)

Nucleus

b)

Cell Body

c)

Axon

d)

Node of Ranvier

16.

What direction foes the electrical signal travel through the neuron?

a)

From dendrites, down the Axon, and out Axon terminalsThis is a correct answer

b)

From Axon terminals, down the Axon, & out of the dendrites

c)

Any direction up or down the cell

d)

From the Axon, to the Dendrites, and out the Axon terminals

17.

Are you more left-brained or right-brained?

a)

Left

b)

Right

c)

Both

18.

What does the neuron's nucleus do?

a)

Controls the actions of the neuron

b)

Produces food for the neuron

c)

Carries information from the cell body to other neuronsThis is a wrong answer

d)

Controls speed of electrical signal through the axon

19.

What does the neuron's Axon do?

a)

Controls the actions of the neuron

b)

Produces food for the neuron

c)

Carries information from the cell body to other neuronsThis is a wrong answer

d)

Controls speed of electrical signal through the axon

20.

What do Dendrites do?

a)

Intakes information from other neurons

b)

Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath

c)

Sends information to the next cell

d)

Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon

21.

What do Axon Terminals do?

a)

Intakes information from other neurons

b)

Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath

c)

Sends information to the next cell

d)

Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon

22.

As organisms get more complex, cells become specialized to perform specific functions in the body. What is the function for the cell shown?

a)

contract and shorten movement

b)

provide coverage and protection

c)

carry impulses around the body

d)

connects parts together

23.

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

a)

Red Blood Cell-RBC

b)

White Blood Cell-WBC

c)

Neuron

d)

Tissue

24.

Neurons are primarily composed of this cell?

a)

heart

b)

skin

c)

brain

d)

skull

25.

The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles from the nasal cavity. A person sneezes when foreign particles pass through the nasal hair which triggers the release of chemical that activates body system causing sneezing. What body part is activated?

a)

circulatory system

b)

digestive system

c)

nervous system

d)

excretory system

26.

Which system is responsible for the overall control of all the internal processes that occur in the body?

a)

muscular system

b)

nervous system

c)

digestive system

d)

skeletal system

27.

The urinary bladder is a muscular organ of the excretory system that collects urine excreted by the kidney. How does the nervous system help the urinary system in excretion?

a)

it signals the urinary bladder to absorb more water from the urine.

b)

It signals the urinary system to collect waste from the different parts of the body.

c)

It signals the urinary bladder to hold and release urine at appropriate times.

d)

It signals the urinary bladder to allow more urine to flow from the ureters.

28.

The brain has 3 major sections that send and receive signals to control all the activities that keep a person functioning efficiently. Which major section controls breathing and heart beat?

a)

cerebellum

b)

cerebrum

c)

brain stem

d)

cortex

29.

Which 2 body systems interact and initiate movement?

a)

muscular and nervous system

b)

skeletal and muscular system

c)

respiratory and nervous system

d)

circulatory and nervous system

30.

The main function of the nervous system

a)

send messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to and from the body

b)

break down food to be used by the body

c)

remove wastes from the body

d)

all of these

31.

Which of the following is a function of the nervous system?

a)

gathers information

b)

processes information

c)

transmits information

d)

all of the above

32.

The major set of large set of nerves running down the spinal column or vertebrae.

a)

axon

b)

spinal cord

c)

dendrite

d)

cell body

33.

The part of the body that integrates the information it receives from all over the body in order to make decisions is called the __________________

a)

peripheral nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

c)

central nervous system

d)

parasympathetic nervous system

34.

Consists of your brain and spinal cord

a)

medulla

b)

cerebrum

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

35.

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

a)

nerves

b)

neuron

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

36.

Protective bones which surround and protect the spinal cord.

a)

vertebrae

b)

brain

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

37.

The main organ of the nervous system.

a)

spinal cord

b)

nerves

c)

neuron

d)

brain

38.

Specialized structures which carry information between your body and the central nervous system

a)

nerves

b)

neuron

c)

brain

d)

vertebrae

39.

Actions which are NOT under your control

a)

voluntary

b)

involuntary

c)

vertebrae

d)

brain

40.

Actions which are under your control

a)

involuntary

b)

voluntary

c)

brain

d)

vertebrae