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Nervous System Key Terms

Authored by Krista Campbell

Science

9th Grade

Nervous System Key Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

central nervous system: part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord.

What is the central nervous system?

What is the peripheral nervous system?

What is the autonomic nervous system?

What is the somatic nervous system?

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the peripheral nervous system?

The peripheral nervous system is part of the nervous system made up of nerves outside the CNS.

The peripheral nervous system is the brain and spinal cord.

The peripheral nervous system is responsible for processing sensory information.

The peripheral nervous system is a network of blood vessels.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the sensory (afferent) division of the PNS?

division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information TO the CNS.

division of the CNS composed of nerves that carry information TO the PNS.

division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information FROM the CNS.

division of the CNS composed of nerves that carry information FROM the PNS.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

motor (efferent) division: division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information FROM the CNS.

What is the motor (efferent) division of the PNS?

What is the sensory (afferent) division of the PNS?

What is the central nervous system (CNS)?

What is the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

somatic division: part of the motor division responsible for conscious or voluntary control of skeletal muscles and reflexes.

What is the somatic division?

What is the autonomic division?

What is the sensory division?

What is the central nervous system?

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

autonomic division: part of the motor division responsible for automatic or involuntary responses.

What is the autonomic division?

What is the somatic division?

What is the sensory division?

What is the central division?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

neuroglia: cells of the nervous system that insulate, support, and protect delicate neurons.

What are neuroglia?

Cells that transmit nerve impulses

Cells that form the blood-brain barrier

Cells that produce cerebrospinal fluid

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