Nervous System - Part I

The functional division of the nervous system that is also called the visceral system

The functional division of the nervous system that controls skeletal muscles

The system that promotes the fight-or-flight response

The system that stimulates the activity of the digestive tract

The structural division of the nervous system that includes the brain

The structural division of the nervous system that includes the cranial nerves

A nerve cell fiber that carries impulses away from the cell body

The part of a neuron that receives a stimulus

The sheath around some neuron fibers taht aids in regeneration

A gap in the neuron sheath

The portion of the spinal cord made up of myelinated axons

The scientific name for a nerve cell

A bundle of neuron fibers located outside the central nervous system

A bundle of neuron fibers located within the central nervous system

Neurons that conduct impulses towards the brain

Neurons that conduct impulses away from the brain

The coating of individual nerve fibers

The coating of an entire nerve

The step in which the membrane potential returns to rest

The ion that crosses the neuron membrane to cause depolarization

The result of positive ions entering the neuron

A sudden change in membrane potential that is transmitted along axons

The ion that leaves the neuron to cause repolariazation

Binds norepinephrine

Binds acetylcholine and induces muscle contraction

Acetylcholine receptor found on effector organs of the parasympathetic system

Degeneration of nerves supplying the extremities

A disease associated with the destruction of myelin sheaths

Paralysis of one arm

A viral disease resulting in paralysis

A viral disease caused by herpes zoster

Loss of sensation and motion in the lower part of the body

A disease associated with selecive destruction of motor neurons

The skin region supplied by a single spinal nerve is called:
A. dermatome
B. plexus
C. galglion
D. synapse

The voluntary nervous system controls:
A. cardiac muscle
B. skeletal muscle
C. glands
D. visceral muscle

Which of the following are effectors of the nervous system:
A. muscles and glands
B. receptors and neurotransmitters
C. synapses and dendrites
D. sensory neurons and ganglia

Cell bodies of sensory neurons are collected in ganglia in the:
A. dorsal root of the spinal nerve
B. ventral horn of the spinal cord
C. effector organ
D. sympathetic chain

Which of the following substances is a neurotransmitter:
A. actin
B. epinephrine
C. myelin
D. sebum

A lumbar tap is done to remove:
A. blood
B. intracellular fluid
C. interstitial fluid
D. cerebrospinal fluid

Neurons that relay impulses within the spinal cord are called:
A. mixed nerves
B. interneurons
C. afferent neurons
D. motor neurons

Fibers that carry impulses towards the neuron cell body are called_____

The portion of the spinal cord made up of cell bodies and unmyelinated axons is called the _____

The fatty material that covers some axons is called_____

The junction between two neurons is call a(an)_____

The network of spinal nerves that supplies the pelvis and legs is the _____

The brain and spinal cord together are referred to as the_____

The neurotransmitter used at cholinergic synapses is _____

The small channel in the center of the spinal cord that contains cerebrospinal fluid is the _____

A nerve cell is also called _____