Unit 3A worksheet
1) The nervous system’s function is that of master ______________and__________________.
It is made up of the __________ __________ ____________(CNS) which contains the ______
and the ______ _______and the ______________ ___________ ___________ (PNS) which is
all nerves _______________of the brain and spinal cord.
2) ____________neurons that bring information to the brain are referred to as____________,
and _____________ neurons that carry information away from the brain are_____________.
3) In the PNS, Motor neurons are either ____________which might cause a _______ muscle to
____________ or ______________which effects _____________or ____________ muscle
and__________________.
4) In the autonomic nervous system the Sympathetic Nerve System is the _________or _______
response and the Parasympathetic Nerve System is the __________and _________response.
5) The Sensory Nervous System, which is made up of _______________ sensory neurons,
contains receptors that transmit information from the receptors to the ___ NS. These can be
_______________ sensory which receive ______________information from the________,
fascia, ___________, skeletal muscle and the special______________, and the Visceral Sensory
which receives _______________information from the________________.
6) The Motor Nervous System, which is made up of ____________motor neurons, transmits
information ___________the ___NS to the rest of the ___________or effectors. These can be
somatic __________ neurons that involve the _____________ nervous system that innervates
the skeletal______________, and the Autonomic __________neurons that involve the
__________________nervous system that innervates the cardiac and __________muscle and
__________.
7) The main receptive surface, other than the _______body, are the _____________which are
______________off the cell body that _______________stimuli or convey ____________to
the cell body via grading_______________, which means when enough little ____________are
received from many ________________they build up to a graded ______________ which
causes an action potential to_____________.
8) Axons originate at the Axon_____________, and are long ____________processes with
________________at its ends which are referred to as: axon__________, or _____________
and also synaptic end _______ or________. Axons generates and sends ___________ to other
cells via ___________________ that are secreted.
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