Life Science Ch. 15; The Nervous System
15 Questions
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Basic Structure and Function of the Nervous System
Questions and Answers
- 1.The long "stringy" portion of a nerve cell along which a nerve impulse travels away from the cell body is called the...
- A.
Dendrite
- B.
Schwann Cell
- C.
Synapse
- D.
Axon
- 2.A motor neuron sends an impulse to...
- A.
A muscle or gland
- B.
A sensory neuron
- C.
An interneuron
- D.
Another motor neuron
- 3.A synapse is the space between...
- A.
One cell and another cell
- B.
An axon and the structure that receives the nerve impulse
- C.
A dendrite and the cell body
- D.
An axon and the cell body
- 4.The thick column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system is the ...
- A.
Brain
- B.
Spinal cord
- C.
Cerebellum
- D.
Cornea
- 5.Which activity does your cerebrum control?
- A.
Remembering math equations
- B.
Breathing as you sleep
- C.
Keeping your balance
- D.
An increase in heart rate after running
- 6.
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Structure C is...
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Structure A is... Structure B is... Structure C is... Structure D is... - 7.Because of the way in which the lens of the eye bends light rays, the image produced by the lens is...
- A.
Black and white
- B.
Usually blurred
- C.
Upside down
- D.
A mirror image
- 8.The peripheral nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The part of the brain that controls balance is the ______________________
- 10.
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Structure A is the...- A.
Cerebrum
- B.
Cerebellum
- C.
Brain stem
- D.
Pineal gland
- 11.
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Structure B is the...- A.
Cerebrum
- B.
Cerebellum
- C.
Brain stem
- D.
Spinal cord
- 12.
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The part labled C is the...- A.
Cerebrum
- B.
Cerebellum
- C.
Brain stem
- D.
Spinal cord
- 13.
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The part labled D is the...- A.
Cerebrum
- B.
Cerebellum
- C.
Brain Stem
- D.
Spinal cord
- 14.A muscle contracts in response to an impulse carried by the type of neuron known as a(n) ___________ neuron.
- 15.In the part of the inner ear called the ________________, receptors convert sound vibrations into nerve impulses.
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