WorksheetsNervous System Stimulus
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
A receptor is...
A response to change
Your senses
A structure that detects a change in the body
Part of your brain
Which type of receptor is responsible for detecting light?
(a)
There are three types of neurons
Sensory, Meteor, Innerneurons
Scenery, Motor, Interneurons
Sensory, Motor, Interneurons
Sensory, Motor, Innerneurons
The type of receptor that detects touch and pressure on your skin
(a)
An example of an external stimulus is
You body responding to light
Your body responding to hunger
Your body responding to fatigue
An immune response when your body detects a pathogen.
Which type of receptor is sensitive to temperature and found in the skin?
(a)
What is the function of the nerve cells?
They are responsible of your defence mechanism
They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones
They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands
What is the name for the part of the neuron that is pointed to in the image?
Axon
Dendrites
Myelin sheath
Cell body
What is the name for the part of the neuron that is pointed to in the image?
Axon
Dendrites
Myelin sheath
Cell body
The nerve endings that branch out of the cell body and receive information are called
Dendrites
Axon
Synaptic terminal
Neurotransmitters
The type of receptor found on your tongue and in your nose?
(a)
The type of neuron that perceives information about your environment is a
Sensory neuron
Motor neuron
Interneuron
The type of neuron that sends nerve impulses to muscles and glands, by the command of other neurons
Sensory neuron
Motor neuron
Interneuron
PNS stands for
Perceived nervous system
Parietal nervous system
Peripheral nervous system
The PNS
Is the control centre of the body
Carries information to and from the central nervous system to the rest of the body, such as the limbs and organs
Processes all the incoming messages from your environment and your responses to them
Which division of your nervous system restores the body to a state of calm e.g. lowers your heart rate
peripheral nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
somatic nervous system
Once your brain has processed sensory information, it is the _________ that responds accordingly e.g. such as kicking a ball
responder
receptor
effector
processer
