Nerve Cell Quiz Review

Match the following

• body system that carries information

• brain

• bundle of neurons

• nervous system

• main conrol center of animal body

• nerve

Match the following

• bundle of nerves; runs along backbone

• spinal cord

• cell that sends electrical signal

• neuron

• automatic action in response

• reflex

Match the following

• impulse from organs to the brain

• relay neurons

• impulse between other neurons

• sensory nuerons

• impulse from brain to muscles and glands

• motor neurons

Match the following

• ex. seeing objects

• motor neurons

• ex. causing you to blink your eyes

• sensory neurons

• ex. kicking leg when knee tapped

• reflex action

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A person _________ have full control over all of their reflexes.  

• does

• does not

Where does the nerve impulse begin in a neuron?

• A

• B

• C

• D

In which part of the event is your nervous system receiving a message?

• You rest your hand on a hot stove.

• You pull your hand away.

• You yell, “Ouch!”

• Your hand begins to  form a blister.

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8. If you touch a hot surface and immediately pull your hand away, the information your brain receives that the surface is hot comes from the _____. 

• Pain Neurons 

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Impulse Neurons

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Neurons transmit information through the body through nerve impulses, which are best described as this

• a physical push

• a specialized cell

• an electrical signal

• a sound wave

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Reorder the following steps to show the correct order in which they would occur if your nose was tickled by a feather.

• Your body convulses in a sneeze.

• Your sense of touch feels the feather on your nose.

• Your brain sends a signal to the muscles in your body. 

• Sensory neurons transmit a signal to the brain.

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