EXERCISES, LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by writing the answer in
the space provided. After you have completed all the exercises, turn to Solutions to
Exercises at the end of the lesson and check your answers.
1.
List two roles of the central nervous system.
a. _________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________.
2.
List the two major parts of the central nervous system.
a. _________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________.
3.
A major function of the _____________________________is to control behavior.
4.
The two types of cells in the nervous system are ______________________ and
___________________________________ cells.
5.
The nervous system cells which carry impulse from one body part to another
body part are _____________________________ cells.
6.
What is the function of a dendrite? ____________________________________
_________________________________________.
7.
The function of an axon is to _________________________________________.
8.
The white segmented covering around axons and dendrites is called
_________________________________________.
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