Nervous System Quiz 1

The Brain and Spinal Cord make up what part of the Nervous System?

The branch of the peripheral Nervous System that is responsible for voluntary movements?

Sensory(afferent) and Motor(efferent) pathways that branch off the spinal cord

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Brain

• Neurons

The ____________Nervous System has two main parts: the somatic and autonomic nervous systems.

This branch of the Peripheral Nervous System is responsible for involuntary responses and has 2 subdivisions.

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

Which branch of the Autonomic Nervous System mobilizes the body during extreme situations like fear or terror?

The space between the axon terminal and the dendrite of the receiving neuron is called the

• Synaptic Cleft

• axon terminal

• neurotransmitters

The chemicals that are used by neurons to transmit messages

• Neurotransmitters

• Synapse

• Dendrite

• nerve

The _____ is covered in a protective fatty layer called the Myelin Sheath

The message receivers in a neuron are called __________. They pass the impulse to the cell body