Brain & Nervous System: Year 9

The divisions of the peripheral nervous system include

• Brain, Spinal Cord, Somatic, Autonomic System
• Somatic, Autonomic, Sympathetic & Parasympathetic
• Central System, Fight & Flight response, Sympathetic
• Autonomic, Sympathetic, Parasympathetic & Nervous system

Which of the following "controls signals to and from the brain and controls reflex actions"?

• Brain 
• Peripheral nervous system
• Spinal Cord
• Sympathetic nervous system

Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls involuntary responses

• Somatic 
• Autonomic
• Peripheral 
• Central

Motor neurons carry messages from the brain to control voluntary movements of skeletal muscles. 

• True 
• False

When someone grabs our hand and we feel it, this is an example of which system at work? 

• Somatic 
• Autonomic 

Which division of the autonomic nervous system calms us back down and leaves us in a stable state?

• Autonomic
• Parasympathetic
• Sympathetic
• Non-sympathetic

Which part of the nervous system organised, integrates and processes information?

• Brain
• Spinal Cord
• Motor Neuron
• Sensory neuron

The pathway of a neuron can be unidirectional

• True 
• False

Which part of the neuron enables the neuron to form connections with thousands of other neurons?

• Dendrite
• Axon
• Soma
• Nucleus

The neural impulse travels down ________ _________ until they reach the sac at the end 

• Axon terminal
• Myelin sheath
• Dendrite spine