WorksheetsNervous System Review - PLTW Lesson 2.1 and 2.2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
This collects stimuli from your environment, processes it, and decides how to respond to it.
neurons
brain and spinal cord
nervous system
motor neurons
In the nervous system, your brain ...
sends out an input signal
interprets the input signal
interprets the output signal
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The peripheral nervous system DOES NOT include ...
brain and neurons
spinal cord and nerves
spinal cord and brain
neurons and nerves
A bundle of neurons is also known as ...
stimuli
nerves
signals
nervous system
The _________ is responsible for receiving the input signal and sending it to the _________________.
sensory neuron, central nervous system
motor neuron, peripheral nervous system
sensory neuron, motor neuron
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Muscles and glands receive signals from ....
sensory neurons
input stimuli
motor neurons
This helps a signal pass through a neuron quickly.
axon
dendrite
synapse
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The (a) is the gap between the branches extending from a neuron's axon that sends a signal to the next neuron.
A branch extending from a neuron that receives signals from another neuron through a synapse is/are the (a) .
The "cell body" of a neuron can be found near the myelin sheath or nucleus.
(a)
The myelin sheath are part of the (a) .
The chemicals that help transfer a signal across a synapse and allow it to pass from neuron to neuron are called (a) .
