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Welcome! This listing for human anatomy and physiology features two full-page study guides about the nervous system. In the first study guide, students will complete the following tasks.

Identify the divisions, components, functions/importance, and examples of the nervous system and its parts down to the cellular level.
Compare and contrast all of the glial cells and the neurons (sensory, integrative, and motor).
Map out a phonics strategy for remembering that sensory neurons are afferent and motor neurons are efferent.
Identify the alternative name for a nerve impulse (action potential) and write out the three phases of a nerve impulse.
Describe the physiology during the polarization, depolarization, and repolarization state.
Fill in the missing words in a paragraph that explains the importance of saltatory conduction along the myelinated nerve fibers.

In the second study guide, students will accomplish the following goals.

Use words in a word bank to explain how a nerve signal crosses a synaptic cleft (synapse).
Map out the names and key functions of the lobes in the brain.
Unscramble a word bank in the order of the highest state of wakefulness of the lowest state of wakefulness.
Explain the timing of rapid eye movement.
Identify the three layers of protection for the nervous system.
Contrast the dura mater from the pia mater.
Match the description of the nervous system disorder to the proper term.

There are twenty-five questions in the first study guide and twenty-seven questions in the second study guide.

This PDF file will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC program. It includes a two complete keys with the answers in red and blue font.

This resource complements the following activities about the nervous system in my store.

Divisions, Functions, Cells, & Brain Lobes of the Nervous System Table Set
Name that Cell! Nervous System Cell Classification Activity
Nervous System Unit Exam
Nervous System Crossword Puzzle #1
Nervous System Crossword Puzzle #2

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