Human Anatomy & Physiology 1
Bio 111

Use Chapter 12 pages 404-410 in your textbook to do these Pre-Workshop Activities.

Activity A: Nervous System Organiztion

Fill in the blanks below using a word from the following list:

afferent, efferent, receptors, effectors, motor, peripheral, central

You step on a pin (one that you lost a few days ago, of course) with your foot and the sensory _________________ in your foot send the pain information into the _________________ system using __________________ nerve fibers of the ________________ nervous system. From the ________________ nervous system, the information is carried out using _________________ nerve fibers to cause a response by skeletal muscles that act as ________________ located in the ____________________ nervous system.

Activity B: Divisions of Autonomic Nervous System

Write the term that best fits each description below.

1._____________________	Integration and interpertation are the main functions
2._____________________	Nervous system that controls glands and cardiac muscle
3._____________________	An example of an exteroceptor
4._____________________	"Fight or Flight " nervous system
5._____________________	Neurons found only in the Central Nervous System
6._____________________	Two basic components of the Central Nervous System
7._____________________	Nervous system that controls skeletal muscles
8._____________________	Nervous system that returns body to homeostasis
9._____________________	Sense that detects joint and muscle position
10._____________________	Two divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System
11._____________________	Nervous system that controls involuntary activities
12._____________________	Nervous system that controls voluntary movements

Activity C: The Neuron

Write the term that best fits each description below.

1._____________________	Region where nerve impulses originate
2._____________________	Main function protein is synthesis
3._____________________	Make and secrete neurotransmitters
4._____________________	Receive stimlui and send towards cell body
5._____________________	Fine filaments at the end of axons
6._____________________	Branches of an axon
7._____________________	Intracellular transport within the neuron
8._____________________	Location of nucleus and other organelles
9._____________________	Directs action potential away from cell body
10._____________________	Only one per neuron always
11._____________________	Where axon joins the soma