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Worksheet 12
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Iowa State University
Umair
Biology 212 (1)
Sakaguchi
12/5/11
Nervous System and Sensory and Motor System
Stimulatory synapse
Inhibitory synapse
Nerve net
Nerve ring
Afferent
Efferent
Sensory nervous system
Motor nervous system
Somatic nervous system
Cerebrospinal fluid
Sensory cells
a) Receptor cells
b) Transducers
c) Mechanoreceptors
d) Chemoreceptors
e) Electromagnetic Receptors
f) Thermo receptors
g) Pain Receptors
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1. What is a central nervous system?
2. What does the autonomic nervous system do?
3. What does the cerebellum do?
4. What part of the brain is most developed in humans?
5. What part of the brain is involved in consciousness?
6. What are the various kinds of stimuli that your body can detect?
7. What do cone cells and rod cells do?
8. What is the retina?
9. How do sensory input, the nervous system, muscles, and skeleton work
together to permit purposeful movement?
10.What is a motor nerve?
11.What are stem cells and what is there importance?
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