QUESTIONS ALL ANSWERED
CORRECT 2026 UPDATED.
The CNS is composed of what? - Answer -composed of the brain & spinal cord
The CNS is the intreating & ______ _______. - Answer Command Center
Peripheral nerves link all regions of the body to the ___ - Answer CNS
The most neuronal cell bodies are located within the what? - Answer CNS
Stimulus - Answer changes detected inside or outside the body
Somatic sensory - Answer -General "widespread" somatic senses
-receptors spread throughout outer tube of body
Somatic sensory includes - Answer -touch
-pain
-vibration
-pressure
-Temperature
Proprioceptive senses - Answer Detect stretch in tendons and muscles
body sense - Answer positions and movement of body in space
Special somatic senses - Answer -Hearing
-balance
-vision
-Smell
General Visceral senses - Answer -Stretch, pain, temperature, nausea, and hunger
, where are general visceral widely felt? - Answer -digestive, urinary tracts, and reproductive
organs.
What are special visceral senses - Answer -Taste
-Smell
General Somatic motor - Answer -signals contraction of skeletal muscles.
General Somatic motor is often called what? - Answer -voluntary nervous system
Brachial Motor - Answer -Typical skeletal muscle derived from somitomeres.
Visceral Motor - Answer -regulates the contraction of smooth and cardiac muscle
-makes up automatic nervous system
-controls function of visceral organs
visceral motor is often called what? - Answer -Involuntary nervous system
In the nervous tissue cells are ? - Answer -Densely packed and intertwined
Neurons - Answer Transmit electrical signals
Support cells (neuroglial cells) are located where? - Answer -In the CNS
What are some properties of support/Neuroglial cells? - Answer -Nonexcitable
-surround and wrap neurons
Neurons are the _______ structural unit of the nervous system - Answer -basic
Specialized cells conduct ..... - Answer -electrical impulses along the plasma membrane
What are some special characteristic of neurons? - Answer -longevity: can live and function
for a lifetime
-do not divide: lose their ability to undergo mitosis
-High metabolic base: require abundant oxygen and glucose.