Medical Detectives Unit 2 Review

The central nervous system is comprised of all the neurons in the brain and the ____.

• Spinal Cord
• Cerebellum
• Medulla
• Pons

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

• synapse
• dendrite
• axon
• nucleus 

The myelin sheath

• makes the signal travel faster
• protects the neuron
• carries the signal away from the cell body
• carries the signal to the cell body

Which part of a neuron RECIEVES information?

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminal

Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that send information to other cells?

• dendrite
• terminal
• cell body
• axon

Two major branches of the nervous system

• central and peripheral
• peripheral and motor
• motor and sensory
• central and motor

The brain is part of the ____ nervous system.

• central
• peripheral
• motor
• internal

The nerves in your legs are part of the ____ nervous system.

• Central 
• Peripheral

The brain is divided into how many hemispheres

• 4

• 5

• 2

• 3

The area in red is

• Brain stem

• Medulla oblongata

• Axon

• spinal cord