The Nervous System

Question 1

What is a sensory input?

Answer 1

Sensory receptors detecting a stimulus

Question 2

What is Integration?

Answer 2

Nervous system processes an input and decides what should be done

Question 3

What is the motor output?

Answer 3

Response when nervous system activates certain parts of the body

Question 4

What is the term for sensory receptors detecting a stimulus?

Answer 4

Sensory Input

Question 5

What is the term for nervous system processes an input and decides what should be done

Answer 5

Integration

Question 6

What is the term for a response when nervous system activates certain parts of the body

Answer 6

Motor Output

Question 7

What does the Central Nervous System (CNS) contain?

Answer 7

-Brain
-Spinal Cord

Question 8

What is the main function of the CNS?

Answer 8

It is the main control centre

Question 9

What is the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 9

-All the nerves branching off
-Responsible for communication with the rest of the body

Question 10

What are the two divisions of the Peripheral

Answer 10

-Sensory Division
-Motor division

Question 11

Is the sensory division afferent or efferent?

Answer 11

Afferent

Question 12

Is the motor division afferent or efferent?

Answer 12

Efferent

Question 13

What is the function of the sensory division?

Answer 13

Picks up sensory stimuli

Question 14

What division picks up sensory stimuli?

Answer 14

Sensory Division

Question 15

What is the function of the motor division?

Answer 15

Sends directions from brain to muscles and glands

Question 16

What sends directions from brain to muscles and glands?

Answer 16

Motor Divison

Question 17

What two things do neurons do?

Answer 17

-Respond to stimuli
-Transmit signals

Question 18

Name all the glial cells in the central nervous system

Answer 18

-Astrocytes
-Microglial cells
-Ependymal cells
-Oligodendrocytes

Question 19

Name all the glial cells in the peripheral nervous system

Answer 19

-Satellites cells
-Schwann cells

Question 20

What is the function of an astrocyte?

Answer 20

Exchange of materials between neurons and capillaries

Question 21

What is the function of a microglial cell?

Answer 21

Immune defence against invading pathogens

Question 22

What is the function of an ependymal cell?

Answer 22

Create, secrete and circulate cerebrospinal fluid

Question 23

What is the function of an oligodendrocyte?

Answer 23

Produce an insulating barrier (myelin sheath)

Question 24

What is the function of a Shwannn cell?

Answer 24

Produce an insulating barrier (myelin sheath)

Question 25

What is the function of a satellite cell?

Answer 25

Surround and support neuron cell bodies

Question 26

Which glial cell exchanges materials between neutrons and capillaries?

Answer 26

Astrocyte

Question 27

Which glial cell provides immune defence against invading pathogens?

Answer 27

Microglial Cells

Question 28

Which glial cell create, secrete and circulate cerebrospinal fluid?

Answer 28

Ependymal Cell

Question 29

Which glial cells produce an insulating barrier (myelin sheath)?

Answer 29

-Oligodendrocytes -Schwann Cells

Question 30

What is the function of the axon?

Answer 30

Transmit electrical impulses away from the body to other cells

Question 31

How do electrical impulses travel through a sensory neuron? | Route

Answer 31

From sensory receptors to the CNS

Question 32

Are sensory neurones unipolar or multipolar?

Answer 32

Unipolar

Question 33

How do electrical impulses travel through a motor neuron?

Answer 33

From CNS to the rest of the body

Question 34

Are motor neurons unipolar or multipolar?

Answer 34

Multipolar

Question 35

What are interneurons associated with?

Answer 35

Neurons

Question 36

What is the function of the interneuron?

Answer 36

Impulses move between sensory and motor neurons

Question 37

Is the interneuron unipolar or multipolar?

Answer 37

Multipolar