General Science I – Unit 8: The Human Anatomy (Part 1) Human Nervous System

Question 1

______ carry neuron messages, or impulses, away from the cell body.

Answer 1

Axons

Question 2

______ receive impulses from a neighboring nerve cell and send them to the cell body.

Answer 2

Dendrites

Question 3

Neurons do not touch each other. They contact each other through ______, which are special meeting places between the neurons.

Answer 3

Synapses

Question 4

______ cells can send messages to the brain. They also can receive messages from the brain and deliver them to every part of the body

Answer 4

Nerve

Question 5

The first three inches of the spinal cord is called the ______ ______.

Answer 5

Brain stem

Question 6

The ______ has been referred to by scientists as the most powerful and awesome thing in the universe. Others say it is without a doubt the most complex mechanism in the universe. The ability of it to store information is incredible. If you learned something new every second, it would take 3 million years to fill its capacity! No computer in the entire world can come even remotely close to it’s storage capacity. A computer is a set of operating instructions whereas the ______ is much more. Computers cannot begin to process information, or use the information in an intelligent manner. Scientists are working to produce artificial intelligence, but so far they have not begun to produce the kind of reasoning found in the ______.

Answer 6

Brain