Nervous System Key terms

Question 1

Afferent neuron

Answer 1

Nerve cell carrying impulses to the brain and spinal cord

Question 2

Axon

Answer 2

Fiber of nerve cells that carries impulses away from the cell body of the neuron

Question 3

Central Nervous System

Answer 3

Brain and spinal cord

Question 4

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 4

Fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 5

Dendrite

Answer 5

Fiber of nerve cells that carries impulses to the cell body of the neuron