Nervous System

Question 1

receive stimuli, conduct action potentials, and transmit signals to other neurons or effector organs.

Answer 1

Neurons

Question 2

supportive cells of the CNS and PNS, meaning these cells do not conduct action potentials. Instead, glial cells carry out different functions that enhance neuron function and maintain normal conditions within nervous tissue.

Answer 2

Glial cells

Question 3

which contains a single nucleus

Answer 3

Cell body

Question 4

which is a cytoplasmic extension from the cell body, that usually receives information from other neurons and transmits the information to the cell body

Answer 4

Dendrite

Question 5

which is a single long cell process that leaves the cell body at the axon hillock and conducts sensory signals to the CNS and motor signals away from the CNS

Answer 5

Axon

Question 6

The biggest part of the brain.
Major Parts: thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system (hippocampus, amygdala, and septum), and the cerebrum

Answer 6

Forebrain