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Structure of the Nervous System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The nucleus is located in which part of the neuron (nerve cell)?

a)

dendrites

b)

cell body

c)

axon

d)

synapse

2.

What is considered the command center of the nervous system?

a)

Neurons

b)

Heart

c)

Spinal Cord

d)

Brain

3.

What kind of cells make up the nervous system?

a)

Plasma

b)

Neurons

c)

Blood Vessels

d)

Spinal Cord

4.

What makes up the Central Nervous System?

a)

Blood and Heart

b)

Spinal Cord

c)

Nerves

d)

Brain and Spinal Cord

5.

Which of the following is the nervous system?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What is the gap between two neurons called?

a)

Impulse

b)

Synapse

c)

CNS

d)

Inter neuron

7.

The branch like figures that receive impulses & conducts them to the cell body

a)

Dendrite

b)

Axon

c)

Cell Body

d)

Myelin Sheath

8.

what might be a job of a motor neuron?

a)

connecting to a muscle and helping you move

b)

connecting within the brain to help you make a decision

c)

sending a message toward your brain from a pain receptor in your skin

d)

all of these

9.

Which of the follow is the correct order of events in a reflex?

a)

Afferent system -> Efferent System -> Interneuron

b)

Efferent System -> Afferent system -> Interneuron

c)

Interneuron -> Afferent system -> Efferent System

d)

Afferent system -> Interneuron -> Efferent System

e)

Interneuron -> Efferent System -> Afferent system

10.
Which ions are involved in the electrical nerve impulse?
a)

Iodine and Sodium (I and Na)

b)

Potassium and Sodium (K and Na)

c)

Iron and Sodium (Fe and Na)

d)

Calcium and Iodine (Ca and I)

11.
-70 mV is the measure of a
a)
Threshold Potential
b)
Action Potential
c)
Resting Potential
d)
End Point Potential
12.

Which of the following uses ACTIVE transport?

a)

sodium-potassium pump

b)

sodium channel

c)

potassium channel

d)

diffusion

13.
What is a neurotransmitter?
a)
fatty covering of the axon
b)
nerve cell
c)
chemical messenger
d)
gap between neurons
14.

The location of neurotransmitters

a)

axon terminals

b)

dendrites

c)

Schwann cells

d)

cell body

15.

What is the insulating membrane (covering) that surrounds parts of the axon that helps to protect & propagate action potential to avoid loss of signal and increase transmission speed?

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrites

c)

Node of Ranvier

d)

Myelin Sheath