The Peripheral Nervous System

Question 1

Peripheral nervous system

Answer 1

all the nerves in the body that are found outside of the central nervous system

Question 2

Somatic Branch

Answer 2

Controls voluntary, conscious movements

Question 3

Parasympathetic division

Answer 3

controls involuntary activities when there is an emergency (rest or digest)

Question 4

Autonomic branch

Answer 4

controls involuntary activities not under conscious control (heart rate and digestion)

Question 5

Axon

Answer 5

Threadlike part of a neuron that transmits neuron impulses to other cells

Question 6

Dendrite

Answer 6

receives nerve impulses from other neurons

Question 7

Motor Neuron

Answer 7

carries nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to organs, glands, and muscles

Question 8

Nerve Impulse

Answer 8

electrical transmitted by the nervous system

Question 9

Neuron

Answer 9

nerve cell

Question 10

Sensory neuron

Answer 10

carries nerve impulses from the sense organs and internal organs to the brain and spinal cord.

Question 11

Sympathetic Division

Answer 11

Controls “fight or flight” responses.