The Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord
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- Q1This anatomic division is made up of the brain and spinal cord.Central Nervous System30s
- Q2This anatomic division is made up of the cranial nerves and the spinal nervesPeripheral Nervous System30s
- Q3This system is voluntary and effects the skeletal muscle.Somatic Nervous System30s
- Q4This system is involuntary and effects the smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.Autonomic Nervous System30s
- Q5The axons are insulated and protected by a fatty layer of white matter called...Myelin Sheath30s
- Q6The axons that are not insulated and protected appear to have gray matter are called...Unmyelinated Sheath30s
- Q7These neurons conduct impulses in the spinal cord and brain. *Takes messages to the brain and spinal cord*Sensory (afferent) neurons30s
- Q8These neurons carry impulses from the central nervous system to muscles and glands.Motor (efferent) neurons30s
- Q9These neurons relay information within the central nervous system.Interneurons30s
- Q10This is a fiber bundle within the peripheral nervous system.Nerve30s
- Q11This is a fiber bundle within the central nervous system.Tract30s
- Q12These are neuron fibers that conduct impulses to the cell body.Dendrites30s
- Q13These structures receive a stimulus that begins a neural pathway.Receptors30s
- Q14These are neuron fibers that conduct impulses away from the cell body.Axons30s
- Q15This connective tissue layer surrounds each individual fiber.Endoneurium30s