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Nervous System Stimulus

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

A receptor is...

a)

A response to change

b)

Your senses

c)

A structure that detects a change in the body

d)

Part of your brain

2.

Which type of receptor is responsible for detecting light?

(a)  

3.

There are three types of neurons

a)

Sensory, Meteor, Innerneurons

b)

Scenery, Motor, Interneurons

c)

Sensory, Motor, Interneurons

d)

Sensory, Motor, Innerneurons

4.

The type of receptor that detects touch and pressure on your skin

(a)  

5.

An example of an external stimulus is

a)

You body responding to light

b)

Your body responding to hunger

c)

Your body responding to fatigue

d)

An immune response when your body detects a pathogen.

6.

Which type of receptor is sensitive to temperature and found in the skin?

(a)  

7.

What is the function of the nerve cells?

a)

They are responsible of your defence mechanism

b)

They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones

c)

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

8.

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

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrites

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Cell body

9.

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

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrites

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Cell body

10.

The nerve endings that branch out of the cell body and receive information are called

a)

Dendrites

b)

Axon

c)

Synaptic terminal

d)

Neurotransmitters

11.

The type of receptor found on your tongue and in your nose?

(a)  

12.

The type of neuron that perceives information about your environment is a

a)

Sensory neuron

b)

Motor neuron

c)

Interneuron

13.

The type of neuron that sends nerve impulses to muscles and glands, by the command of other neurons

a)

Sensory neuron

b)

Motor neuron

c)

Interneuron

14.

PNS stands for

a)

Perceived nervous system

b)

Parietal nervous system

c)

Peripheral nervous system

15.

The PNS

a)

Is the control centre of the body

b)

Carries information to and from the central nervous system to the rest of the body, such as the limbs and organs

c)

Processes all the incoming messages from your environment and your responses to them

16.

Which division of your nervous system restores the body to a state of calm e.g. lowers your heart rate

a)

peripheral nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

c)

parasympathetic nervous system

d)

somatic nervous system

17.

Once your brain has processed sensory information, it is the _________ that responds accordingly e.g. such as kicking a ball

a)

responder

b)

receptor

c)

effector

d)

processer