Nervous System

Question 1

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Answer 1

Helps the body recover from stress; facilitates digestion, supports relaxation, conserve body energy, etc

Question 2

Sympathetic Nervous System

Answer 2

Prepares fast body responses to a threat; increased heart rate, dilate pupils, adrenaline release

Question 3

Sympathetic Nervous System

Answer 3

Prepares fast body responses to a threat; increased heart rate, dilate pupils, adrenaline release

Question 4

Astrocytes

Answer 4

Form blood-brain barrier (wraps around blood vessels)
maintain balanced chemical environment in brain
Acts as a scaffold by anchoring themselves to neurons and blood vessels, helping to maintain their positions

Question 5

Astrocytes

Answer 5

Form blood-brain barrier (wraps around blood vessels)
maintain balanced chemical environment in brain
Acts as a scaffold by anchoring themselves to neurons and blood vessels, helping to maintain their positions

Question 6

ganglia

Answer 6

collection of cell bodies outside the central nervous system

Question 7

proprioceptors

Answer 7

sensory receptors that detect stretching or tension

Question 8

interneurons

Answer 8

found in neural pathways of central nervous system

connects sensory and motor neurons in the spinal cord