Biology

Question 1

What is the Central Nervous System?

Answer 1

Spinal cord (vertebrae) and brain (skill)

Question 2

What is the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 2

Nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body
Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system

Question 3

What is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 3

Involuntary movement (heart beating)

Question 4

What are the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 4

Sympathetic: Fight or flight response; increase function of systems that need to do the thing right now
Parasympathetic: relaxed, just vibes

Question 5

Frontal lobe

Answer 5

complex thought, planning control of movement, map of body’s muscles

Question 6

Parietal lobe

Answer 6

Touch, spatial awareness, map of the body’s skin surface

Question 7

Temporal lobe

Answer 7

Hearing, object memory, form emotional memories

Question 8

Insular lobe

Answer 8

Taste, awareness of internal organs

Question 9

Occipital lobe

Answer 9

Vision

Question 10

What are the parts of a neuron?

Answer 10

Dendrites, cell body, axon, myelin, terminals

Question 11

How do neurons send messages to other neurons?

Answer 11

When they fire or generate action potential