Central Nervous System

Question 1

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Answer 1

• it is the network of nerves that branches out from the CNS

Question 2

central nervous system (CNS)

Answer 2

• the brain and the spinal cord which are the main control center of the body

Question 3

frontal lobes

Answer 3

• it carries out higher mental processes such as thinking, decision making, and planning

Question 4

parietal lobes

Answer 4

• it processes sensory information that had to do with taste, temperature, and touch

Question 5

occipital lobes

Answer 5

• it is responsible for processing visual information from the eyes

Question 6

temporal lobes

Answer 6

• it is responsible for processing auditory information from the ears (hearing)

Question 7

left side of the brain

Answer 7

• language, logic, critical thinking, numbers, and reasoning

Question 8

right side of the brain

Answer 8

• music, reading emotion, colors, images, intuition, creativity

Question 9

cerebrum

Answer 9

• it is the biggest/largest part of the brain

- it is associated with higher brain function such as thought and action

Question 10

hypothalamus

Answer 10

• it to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland (hypophysis)

Question 11

cerebellum

Answer 11

• it receives information from the sensory systems, the spinal cord, and other parts of the brain and then regulates motor movements

Question 12

brain stem

Answer 12

• it has many basic functions, including regulation of heart rate, breathing, sleeping, and eating

Question 13

medulla

Answer 13

• it contains the cardiac, respiratory, vomiting and vasomotor centers and therefore deals with the autonomic (involuntary) functions of breathing, heart rate and blood pressure

Question 14

spinal cord

Answer 14

• runs the entire length of your back
• protected by vertebrate
• connects the brain to the rest of the body
• controls reflexes