The Nervous System

Question 1

What is the Nervous System?

Answer 1

Allows humans to react to its surrounding and coordinate a response
The CNS (Central Nervous System) is made up of the brain and spinal chord

Question 2

Relay Neurone Definition

Answer 2

Carries impulses from the sensory neurone to the motor neurone in the CNS i.e Spinal Chord or Brain

Question 3

Motor Neurone definition

Answer 3

Takes impulse from the relay neurone in the CNS to the effector

Question 4

What is the CNS

Answer 4

The CNS contains the BRAIN and the SPINAL CORD

A neurone found in the CNS is the MOTOR NEURONE

Question 5

Sensory Neurone definition

Answer 5

Carries impulses from the receptor to the relay neurones in the CNS

Question 6

What is the Receptor?

Answer 6

The organ that detects the stimulus

Question 7

What is a stimulus?

Answer 7

The experience your body faces from the external envoirment

Question 8

What happens across the synapse?

Answer 8

Across the synapse between each 3 neurones, a chemical neurotransmitter is diffused

Question 9

What is the function of the Cell Body?

Answer 9

Contains the nucleus and cytoplasm

Question 10

How are Axons insulated?

Answer 10

A fatty myelin sheath with small uninsulated sections along its length (called nodes)