Homeostasis 2

Which of the following is a neuron's job?

• to send information to other neurons

• to send information to your muscles

• to carry messages from your brain to your spinal cord

• all of the above

An incoming signal enters a neuron through its

• axon.

• myelin sheath.

• dendrites.

• soma.

What does the axon of a neuron do?

• protect the dendrites

• carry signals away from the soma

• insulate the myelin sheath

• process the information it receives

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

• Motor Neuron

• Interneuron

• Sensory Neuron

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

• Motor Neuron

• Interneuron

• Sensory Neuron

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of neuron is represented on the image?

• Motor Neuron

• Interneuron

• Sensory Neuron

Type of neuron that perceive information about your environment.

• Motor Neuron

• Interneuron

• Sensory Neuron

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Type of neuron that sends nerve impulses to muscles and gland, by the command of other neurons.

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons

• Sensory Neurons

Which is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neural impulse?

• axon, dendrite, cell body, synapse
• dendrite, axon, cell body, synapse
• synapse, axon, dendrite, cell body
• dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse

The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• synaptic cleft