Mr. Warren has spinal cord damage that prevents nerve impulses from being carried from the CNS to muscles or glands. What specific type of neuron has been damaged?
A) afferent neurons
B) sensory neuron
C) motor neuron
D) axon terminals
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Question 2) Sensory receptors located in muscles and tendons are termed ________.
A) Meissner's corpuscles
B) proprioceptors
C) lamellar corpuscles
D) association neurons
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Question 3) The gaps between Schwann cells found at regular intervals in peripheral system neurons are called ________.
A) synaptic clefts
B) axon terminals
C) nodes of Ranvier
D) myelin sheaths
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Question 4) The part of the neuron that typically conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body is the ________.
A) dendrite
B) cell body
C) synaptic cleft
D) axon
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Question 5) Support cells in the central nervous system are collectively called ________.
A) myelin sheaths
B) neuroglia
C) oligodendrocytes
D) microglia
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Question 6) What cells form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the PNS?
A) satellite cells
B) ependymal cells
C) Schwann cells
D) microglial cells
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Question 7) What are the two main functional subdivisions of the nervous system?
A) central and peripheral
B) somatic and autonomic
C) sensory and motor
D) autonomic and sympathetic
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Question 8) Explain how muscle movements mature in a baby, using examples of each.
What will be an ideal response?
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Question 9) What types of movements are demonstrated by your arms and legs when you perform jumping jacks in physical education class? Describe these movements.
What will be an ideal response?
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Question 10) Explain how isometric and isotonic contractions differ, using examples of each.
What will be an ideal response?
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