peripheral nerve system

Question 1

process of a neuron that receives input from other neurons

Answer 1

dendrite

Question 2

a nerve fiber; conducts a nerve impulse away from a neuron cell body

Answer 2

axon

Question 3

fatty material that forms a sheath like covering around the nerve fibers

Answer 3

myelin sheath

Question 4

portion of a nerve cell that includes a cytoplasmic mass and a nucleus, and from which the nerve fibers extend

Answer 4

soma

Question 5

type of neurological cell that surrounds a fiber if a peripheral nerve, forming the neural emma and myelin

Answer 5

schwann cell

Question 6

short region of exposed axon between schwann cells on neurons of the peripheral nervous system

Answer 6

node of ranvier

Question 7

a muscle of gland that effect changes in the body

Answer 7

effector

Question 8

a time period following stimulation during which a neuron or other muscle fiber will not respond to a stimulus

Answer 8

refractory period

Question 9

specialized cells that provide information about the environment

Answer 9

receptor

Question 10

nerve pathway consisting of a sensory, inter, and motor neuron that forms the basis for a reflex

Answer 10

reflex arc

Question 11

nerve that arises from the spinal cord

Answer 11

spinal nerves

Question 12

the difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of an undisturbed neuron cell membrane

Answer 12

resting potential

Question 13

rapid automatic response to a stimulus

Answer 13

reflexes

Question 14

portion of the nervous system that controls the viscera

Answer 14

automatic nervous system

Question 15

motor pathways of the peripheral nervous system

Answer 15

somatic nervous system

Question 16

the portions of the nervous system outside the central nervous system

Answer 16

peripheral nervous system