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nervous system

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

This is the control center of the nervous system controlling both voluntary and involuntary processes.

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System

2.

The nerves that coordinate messages from the brain and spine to all other parts of the body.

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System

3.

Letter B represents the

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Medula

4.

Letter C represents the

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Medula

5.

Anything that occurs as a result of the organism thinking about it.

a)

Voluntary Processes

b)

Involuntary Processes

6.

Anything that occurs automatically and without thought.

a)

Voluntary Processes

b)

Involuntary Processes

7.

A bundle of nerve processes outside the CNS (central nervous system) is called what

a)

neurotransmitters

b)

nerves

c)

nuclei

d)

neuroglia

8.

neuron that conducts impulses away from the CNS to muscles and glands

a)

efferent neuron

b)

afferent neuron

c)

synapse

d)

association neuron

9.

neuron that conducts impulses toward the CNS from the body periphery

a)

afferent neuron

b)

efferent neuron

c)

association neuron

d)

neurotransmitters

10.

the chemicals released by axon terminals

a)

neurotransmitters

b)

nuclei

c)

nerves

d)

sodium

11.

neuron that connects sensory and motor neurons

a)

efferent neuron

b)

afferent neuron

c)

association neuron

d)

motor neuron

12.

polarization is when the cell is:

a)

resting

b)

excited

c)

moving

13.

depolarization is when the cell is:

a)

resting

b)

excited

c)

all or none is in

d)

returing back to rest

14.

action potential is when

a)

the cell is resting

b)

the cell is excited

c)

the cell is returning back to rest

d)

the nerve impulse is carried throughout the cell

15.

re-polarization is when the cell

a)

is resting

b)

excited

c)

returning back to rest

d)

all or none

16.

somatic nervous system

a)

involuntary

b)

motor neuron

c)

voluntary

17.

what kind of CNS glial cell is this (hint: braces and anchors neurons to blood capillaries)

a)

microglia

b)

ependymal cell

c)

astrocyte

d)

satellite cell

18.

what kind of CNS glial cell is this (hint: disposes of debris and phagocytes)

a)

schwann cell

b)

microglia

c)

astrocyte

d)

oligodendrocyte

19.

what kind of CNS glial cell is this (hint: circulation of cerebrosphinal fluid)

a)

microglia

b)

schwann cell

c)

satellite cell

d)

ependymal cell

20.

what CNS glial cell produces myelin sheaths?

a)

ependymal cell

b)

astrocytes

c)

oligodendrocytes

d)

schwann cell

21.

myelin is

a)

a fat

b)

a lipid

c)

a sugar

d)

a carb

22.

what is #8 representing

(a)  

23.

what is #3 representing

(a)  

24.

what is #1 representing

(a)  

25.

what is #4 representing

(a)