The Peripheral Nervous System

Question 1

Which best describes the sympathetic nervous system?

Question 2

Which statement explains the difference between a nerve that is connected to the skin and a nerve that is connected to a muscle?

Question 3

Which word belongs in a different group than the group below?brain, glands, motor neuron, movement, muscles, sensory neuron, stimuli

Question 4

Read the passage below.Prior to the 1970s, scientists thought that new neurons could not be generated in adult brains. In the 1970s, Dr. Goldman and Dr. Nottbohm discovered that hormones injected in adult songbirds could cause female songbirds to develop new neurons.Which statement best exemplifies the scientific principle that was involved in this case?

Question 5

Which structure would be unaffected by the peripheral nervous system?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: meninges

Question 6

What is the role of sensory neurons in the breakdown of food?

Question 7

How does a motor neuron work when a mosquito is seen on an arm?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: It receives processed information from the brain, causing the muscles of the arm and hands to remove the mosquito from the arm.

Question 8

The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are both a part of which division of the nervous system?

Question 9

Which statement differentiates sensory neurons and motor neurons?

Question 10

Which best describes the parasympathetic nervous system?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: rest and digest

The Peripheral Nervous System Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS