Nervous System

Question 1

Afferent neurons are

Answer 1

Sensory

Question 2

Efferent neurons are

Answer 2

Motor

Question 3

Afferent pathways go towards

Answer 3

The brain

Question 4

The response to a stimulus is

Answer 4

Involuntary, rapid and predictable

Question 5

how many pairs of cranial nerves are there

Answer 5

12

Question 6

how many pairs of spinal nerves are there

Answer 6

31

Question 7

spinal cord function

Answer 7

link, control, regulate

Question 8

Brain and cranial nerves: function

Answer 8

Link, control, regulate and circitiry

Question 9

energy receptor example - chemical

Answer 9

chemical, chemoreceptor, teste/smell

Question 10

speed of impulse increased by

Answer 10

nerve diameter, myelination

Question 11

Is skeletal muscle voluntary or involuntary?

Answer 11

Voluntary

Question 12

Is the sympathetic nervous system part of the somatic NS or autonomic NS?

Answer 12

autonomic NS

Question 13

Which directional term means same side of the body?

Answer 13

Ipsilateral

Question 14

Which directional term means a different side of the body?

Answer 14

Contralateral

Question 15

The cell body for the autonomic nervous systems preganglionic neuron is

Answer 15

is in the brain or spinal cord.

Question 16

The efferent (output) part of the autonomic nervous system has two principle divisoins

Answer 16

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 17

Is skeletal muscle striated or non-striated

Answer 17

striated

Question 18

Smooth muscle is also known as

Answer 18

visceral muscle

Question 19

grey matter consists primarily

Answer 19

nerve cells

Question 20

efferent (motor) nerve fibre leaves the spinal cord via the

Answer 20

anterior (ventral) root

Question 21

Somatic nervous system

helps body to interact (control) with

Answer 21

external environment