chapter 12 nervous tissue

Question 1

what are components of Central nervous system?

Answer 1

Brain and Spinal cord

Question 2

What are the components of the Peripheral nervous system?

Answer 2

Ganglion and nerves

Question 3

what are the 3 divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 3

somatic, enteric and autonomic

Question 4

what does the somatic nervous system control?

Answer 4

conscious perception and VOLUNTARY motor response

Question 5

what does the autonomic nervous system control?

Answer 5

INVOLUNTARY control of the body

Question 6

what does the enteric nervous system control?

Answer 6

smooth muscle and glandular tissue in your digestive system

Question 7

preganglionic neurons and postganglionic neurons, carry signal TOWARD the CNS

Answer 7

sensory neurons of the sympathetic nervous system

Question 8

involved in the fight or flight response, carry signals AWAY from the CNS to glands and muscles

Answer 8

motor neurons in the sympathetic nervous system

Question 9

registers the change in environment to keep homeostasis

Answer 9

sensory function

Question 10

involves consciousness, language and memory

Answer 10

Integrative function

Question 11

transmitting signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands, enabling both voluntary and involuntary movements and bodily functions

Answer 11

motor function

Question 12

Excitable neutral cell that transfers nerve impulses

Answer 12

neurons

Question 13

non- neuronal cells that support and protect neurons in the nervous system

Answer 13

neuroglia

Question 14

electrically excitable cells in the body

Answer 14

neurons, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle

Question 15

cell body of a neuron, contains the nucleus and other essential organelles

Answer 15

Soma

Question 16

The fiber that connects a neuron with its target

Answer 16

Axon

Question 17

responsible for receiving most of the input from other neurons

Answer 17

dentrite

Question 18

the branches ends of the axon that form synapses with other cells

Answer 18

axon terminals

Question 19

specialized junctions where neurons communicate with each other or other cells, allowing for the transmission of signals

Answer 19

synapses

Question 20

a fatty substance that insulates the axon, speeding up the transmission of electrical signals

Answer 20

myelin

Question 21

gaps in the myelin sheath that allow for faster conduction of electrical impulses

Answer 21

nodes of ranvier

Question 22

what is the Rough ER called in the neuron cell body called?

Answer 22

Nissl body