Download Spinal cord worksheet

Spinal cord worksheet
Matching Exercises Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
Match only within each group, write in the correct answer.
Group A:
Tract
Neuron
Nerve Impulse
Dendrite
Root
Plexus
Synapse
Axon
1.An electrical charge that spreads along the membrane of a nerve cell
_____________________
2.A nerve cell fiber that carries impulses away from the cell
body________________________
3.The scientific name for a nerve cell _________________
4.A network formed by the larger anterior branches of a spinal nerve
___________________
5.A branch of a spinal nerve that attaches to the spinal cord
__________________
6.The point at which impulses are transmitted from one nerve cell to another
_________________
7.The part of a neuron that receives a stimulus_____________________
8.A bundle of neuron fibers within the CNS___________________
Group B
Action Potential
Neurilemma
Parasympathetic System
Reflex Arc
Ganglion
Sensory
Sympathetic system
1.Another name for a nerve impulse_______________
2.Term for neurons that carry impulses toward the CNS__________________
3.A collection of neuron cell bodies located outside the CNS_________________
4.The sheath around some neuron fibers that aids in
regeneration_________________
5.The system that promotes the fight-or-flight response______________
6.The system that stimulates the digestive and urinary tracts________________
7.A complete pathway through the nervous system from stimulus to
response____________________
Group C
Craniosacral
Reflex
Neurotransmitter
Neuroglia
Efferent
Nerve
Mixed
1.Term that describes most nerves, notably the spinal nerves, because they
contain both afferent and efferent fibers____________________
2.A simple, automatic response that involved few neurons__________________
3.A chemical that carries an impulse across a synapse__________________
4.A term that describes the parasympathetic portion of the autonomic nervous
system, based on where it originates_____________________
5.A term that means the same as MOTOR _______________
6.A bundle of nerve cell fibers located outside the central nervous
system_____________________
7.Connective tissue cells of the nervous system_________________
Group D
stretch reflex
brachial plexus
sciatic nerve
motor neurons
peripheral neuritis
cervical plexus
interneuron
sensory fibers
1.The network of nerves that supplies the upper extremities________________
2.Degeneration of nerves supplying the extremities____________
3.A neuron that relays information within the CNS________________
4.The type of response exemplified by the knee jerk__________________
5.The network of nerves that supplies the neck muscles_________________
6.The type of cells in the ventral gray horm of the spinal
cord______________________
7.The largest branch of the lumbosacral plexus______________________
8.The structures contained in the dorsal root of a spinal
nerve________________