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Fundamentals of the Nervous System Quiz
Match the following:
a. integration
b. motor output
c. sensory input
__A___ 1. processes and interprets the sensory input and makes decisions about
what should be done at each moment
__C___ 2. millions of receptors are used to monitor changes occurring both inside
and outside the body
___B__ 3. effects a response by activating muscles or glands
Match the following:
a. visceral afferents
c. spinal nerves
e. somatic afferents
g. motor division
i. cranial nerves
k. autonomic nervous system
b. sympathetic
d. somatic nervous system
f. sensory division
h. peripheral nervous system
j. central nervous system
l. asympathetic
__C__ 4. a nerve of the PNS that carries impulses to and from the spinal cord
_L___ 5., __B__ 6. two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system; typically
bring about opposite effects on the activity of the same visceral organs)
__J__ 7. major division of the nervous system; consists of the brain and spinal cord
___K_ 8. involuntary part of the two motor subdivisions
__A__ 9. type of sensory fiber that conveys impulses from visceral organs to the CNS
__D__ 10. motor subdivision that conducts impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscle
__E__ 11. type of sensory fiber that conveys impulses from the skin, skeletal
muscles, and joints to the CNS
__G__ 12. division of the PNS that brings about a response by conveying impulses
from the CNS to effector organs, muscles and glands
_H___ 13. major division of the nervous system; contains nerves that extend from
the brain and spinal cord
_I___ 14. a nerve of the PNS that carries impulses to and from the brain
__F__ 15. division of the PNS; nerve fibers that convey impulses to the CNS from
sensory receptors located in various parts of the body
Refer to the neuron to answer the following:
_C___ 16. node of Ranvier
_I___ 17. short, tapering, diffusely branched extension off the cell body
__H__ 18. conducts impulses away from the nerve cell body
_D___ 19. Schwann cell (nucleus)
C/G_ 20. increases the speed of impulse transmission
_A___ 21. location of the nucleus
__F__ 22. neurilemma
__E__ 23. axon terminals
_B___ 24. control center of cell
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T or F 25. An impulse occurs in the direction indicated on the neuron below.