Nervous System

Question 1

Neuron

Answer 1

A cell that carries information through the nervous system

Question 2

Dendrite

Answer 2

A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body.

Question 3

Axon

Answer 3

A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

Question 4

Nerve

Answer 4

A bundle of nerve fibers that transmit messages to and from the brain and body; nervous system cell.

Question 5

Sensory neuron

Answer 5

neurons that receive information from the external world and convey this information to the brain via the spinal cord

Question 6

Interneuron

Answer 6

neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

Question 7

Motor neuron

Answer 7

neurons that carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to produce movement

Question 8

Synapse

Answer 8

A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next.