Nerve Physiology Overview Quiz

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Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, bones, and joints?

  • Visceral motor division
  • Visceral sensory division
  • Somatic motor division
  • Somatic sensory division (correct)

What is a nerve?

  • A bundle of nerve fibers (axons) wrapped in fibrous connective tissue (correct)
  • A knot-like swelling in a nerve where neuron cell bodies are concentrated
  • A bundle of sensory signals from various receptors to the CNS
  • The brain and spinal cord enclosed in bony coverings

Which part of the nervous system issues commands to muscles and gland cells to carry out a response?

  • Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
  • Brain and spinal cord (correct)
  • Central nervous system (CNS)
  • Neuroglia

What does the motor (efferent) division of the PNS carry signals to?

<p>Gland and muscle cells for body’s response (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two major anatomical subdivisions of the nervous system?

<p>Central nervous system (CNS) and Peripheral nervous system (PNS) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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