Chapter 7

Question 1

Involuntary

Answer 1

an action not in your control

Question 2

sense organ

Answer 2

are body structures that gather info from your surroundings

Question 3

Voluntary

Answer 3

an action that is under your conscious control

Question 4

Nerouns

Answer 4

cells that carry info throughout your nervous system

Question 4

Nerve Impulse

Answer 4

is the message that a nerve carries.

Question 5

Stimulus

Answer 5

any change that an organism can recognize

Question 6

Response

Answer 6

is a reaction to a stimulus

Question 7

Dendrite

Answer 7

a brunch like structure that picks up the impulses

Question 8

axon

Answer 8

the long structure leading away from the cell

Question 9

nerve

Answer 9

a bundle of nerve fibers

Question 10

Sensory neuron

Answer 10

picks up a stimulus and converts it into a nerve pulse

Question 11

interneuron

Answer 11

carries a nerve impulse to another interneuron or motor neuron

Question 12

Motor neuron

Answer 12

sends an impulse to a muscle or gland

Question 13

Synapse

Answer 13

a place where neurons transfer to another stricter

Question 14

What is the role of the nervous system?

Answer 14

it receives info about what is happening inside and outside your body.