Central and Peripheral Nervous System
Sending Messages
100

What is the function of the central nervous system?

What is control body functions and send messages?

100

What is a nerve impulse?

What is the message that a neuron carries?

200

What is the function of the Peripheral nervous system?

What is connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body (organs, limbs, and skin)?

200

Name 5 parts of a neuron.

What is (answers may include the following) dendrites, axon, nucleus, cell body, myelin sheath, Schwann cells, Nodes of Ranvier, or axon terminals?

300

What parts of the body are included in the Central nervous system?

What are the brain and spinal cord?

300

Which way does a nerve impulse travel?

What is from the axon of one neuron to the dendrites of another, left to right?

400

What are the parts of the Peripheral nervous system?

What are all nerves that are not in the Central nervous system?

400

What is the first step of nerve impulse?

What is the nerve impulse begins in a dendrite?

500

What are the two divisions of the Peripheral nervous system?

What are sensory and motor?

500

What is the last step of a nerve impulse?

What is the nerve impulse travels to and through the next neuron just as it did before?