Wednesday, October 3, 2007



What does CNS and PNS stand for? Central nervous system, peripheral nervous system
What are the parts of the CNS? Sensory neuron, motor neuron
Describe something that you do on a regular basis that your PNS controls. Urinary
What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system and what does each control? Sympathetic is for when its high stress situations , parasympathetic is for resting
What are the three main types of neurons? What is the function of each? Sensory Neuron, Motor neuron, interneuron
What is the function of the axon of a nerve cell? The dendrite? The axon sends out the signal the dendrite receives signals.
What is a synapse? It is the space between nerve cells
Sketch a neuron and label the axon and the dendrite.

1 comment:

Duval said...

This is great, but number 2 is incorrect. Feel free to fix this, just send me a post, so I know to recheck it.