Week 5: Nervous System

_______ is the single, long fiber that conducts impulses away from the cell body.

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Myelin sheath

• Nucleus

What is the function of the nervous system?

• Transmits nerve impulses throughout the body.

• Transmits blood throughout the body.

• Transmits air through the body.

• getting nutrients for energy.

The myelin sheath covers the axon which helps send the impulse.

• True

• False

What functions/actions does the Autonomic Nervous System control?

• Involuntary Actions

• Voluntary Actions

Dendrites receive communication from other cells

• True

• False

______ sends impulses from one neuron to another neuron.

• Neurotransmitters

• Dendrites

• Synapses

• Axons

Which system is responsible for fight and flight?

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Parasympathetic nervous system

______ gather information about changes around the body and send signals to the CNS.

• Motor neurons

• Sensory neurons

Glands that release hormones are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.

• True

• False

Peripheral nervous system is divided into _________.

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Autonomic & Somatic nervous system