Nervous System Questions AND Answers

Nervous System Questions AND Answers Afferent - ANSWER- Sensory neurons are also known as ____ neurons Sensory - ANSWER- ____ neurons are also known as afferent neurons Sensory - ANSWER- ____ neurons (afferent neurons) conduct impulses from receptors in the body to the CNS receptors - ANSWER- Sensory neurons (afferent neurons) conduct impulses from ____ in the body to the CNS CNS - ANSWER- Sensory neurons (afferent neurons) conduct impulses from receptors in the body to the ____ Motor - ANSWER- ____ neurons are also called efferent neurons efferent - ANSWER- Motor neurons are also called ____ neurons Motor - ANSWER- ____ neurons (efferent neurons) conduct impulses from the CNS to the muscles of the body CNS - ANSWER- Motor neurons (efferent neurons) conduct impulses from the ___ to the muscles of the body muscles - ANSWER- Motor neurons (efferent neurons) conduct impulses from the CNS to the ____ of the body Interneurons - ANSWER- ____ form a network of interconnecting neurons in the CNS interneurons - ANSWER- The CNS is made up primarily of ____ somatic - ANSWER- If sensory or motor neurons relate to musculoskeletal structures or the skin and fascia, the prefix ____ may be used to describe them musculoskeletal - ANSWER- If sensory or motor neurons relate to ____ structures or the skin and fascia, the prefix somatic may be used to describe them skin - ANSWER- If sensory or motor neurons relate to musculoskeletal structures or the ____ and fascia, the prefix somatic may be used to describe them visceral - ANSWER- If sensory or motor neurons relate to organs with hollow cavities, the prefix ____ may be used to describe them hollow cavities - ANSWER- If sensory or motor neurons relate to organs with ____, the prefix visceral may be used to describe them peripheral - ANSWER- Sensory neurons are part of the ____ nervous system peripheral - ANSWER- Somatic motor neurons are part of the ____ nervous system peripheral - ANSWER- Autonomic motor neurons are part of the ____ nervous system central - ANSWER- Interneurons are part of the ____ nervous system motor end plate - ANSWER- The ____ connects a somatic motor neuron to the cell membrane of a muscle cell somatic motor neuron - ANSWER- The motor end plate connects a ____ to the cell membrane of a muscle cell cell membrane - ANSWER- The motor end plate connects a somatic motor neuron to the ____ of a muscle cell muscle cell - ANSWER- The motor end plate connects a somatic motor neuron to the cell membrane of a ____ Autonomic - ANSWER- ____ motor neurons have smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, or glands as the effector organ smooth muscle - ANSWER- Autonomic motor neurons have ____, cardiac muscle, or glands as the effector organ cardiac muscle - ANSWER- Autonomic motor neurons have smooth muscle, ____, or glands as the effector organ glands - ANSWER- Autonomic motor neurons have smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, or ____ as the effector organ Interneurons - ANSWER- ____ are found mainly in the CNS CNS - ANSWER- Interneurons are found mainly in the ____ interneurons - ANSWER- The spinal cord is primarily made up of ____ synapses - ANSWER- Connections between neurons are called ____ 1 - ANSWER- A reflex arc between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron requires ____ synapses Axoaxonic - ANSWER- ____ synapses connect the axon of one neuron with the axon of another Axosomatic - ANSWER- ____ synapses connect the axon of one neuron with the cell body of another Axodendritic - ANSWER- ____ synapses connect the axon of one neuron with the dendrite of another Presynaptic - ANSWER- ____ means "in front of the synapse" Synaptic vescicles - ANSWER- ____ store and transport neurotransmitter at the end of axons in a synapse neurotransmitter - ANSWER- Synaptic vesicles store and transport ____ at the end of axons in a synapse synaptic cleft - ANSWER- The ____ separates the cell membranes of the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic exocytosis - ANSWER- Neurotransmitter is released into the synaptic cleft by the process of ____ synaptic cleft - ANSWER- Neurotransmitter is released into the ____ by the process of exocytosis Postsynaptic - ANSWER- ____ means "after the synapse" Facilitate - ANSWER- ____ means enhance electrical activity of a neuron enhance - ANSWER- Facilitate means ____ electrical activity of a neuron Depress - ANSWER- ____ means inhibit electrical activity of a neuron inhibit - ANSWER- Depress means ____ electrical activity of a neuron electrical - ANSWER- Facilitate means enhance ____ activity of a neuron electrical - ANSWER- Depress means inh