Science of Exercise) 2026 Exam
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What body system serves as the control center of the body by integrating
mass communication networks throughout the body. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
nervous system
3 Major functions of the nervous system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sensory,
integrative, and motor
, What is the functional unit of the nervous system? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
neuron
What are the three main parts of a neuron? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the soma or
body (the main component with the cell's organelles), the axon (the long
projection off the soma), the dendrites (the branches where signals are
received)
What is the junction/space called between the axon of the nerve cell and
the dendrite of another (or receptor site)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a synapse
What allows a message/signal to jump a synapse? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔neurotransmitters - these initiate a signal , called an action potential,
that travels to the receiving cell
What is the isolating layer of an axon called? What is its purpose? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔mylelin sheath; speed up nerve transmission
The two main divisions of the nervous system. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Central
Nervous System (CNS, brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous
system (PNS, the nerves coming off the CNS)