Nervous System

Question 1

A pathway in which your brain sends and receives information about what is happening in and around your body

Answer 1

Nervous System

Question 2

What are the main organs of the nervous system

Answer 2

brain, spinal cord, and nerves

Question 3

What are the two main systems the nervous system is broken down into?

Answer 3

Central Nervous system and Peripheral Nervous system

Question 4

This system is made of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 4

Central Nervous system

Question 5

The brain is protected by this part of the skeletal system

Answer 5

skull

Question 6

The Peripheral Nervous System is made up of two systems

Answer 6

Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System

Question 7

This system carries messages to and from parts of the body to the central nervous system through nerves

Answer 7

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 8

These messages are coming from all of your senses.

Answer 8

Somatic Nervous System

Question 9

Makes sure the processes in your body work automatically

Answer 9

Autonomic Nervous system

Question 10

This system controls the things you don’t have to think about

Answer 10

Autonomic Nervous system

Question 11

Breathing, digesting and heart beating are controlled by this part of your nervous system

Answer 11

autonomic nervous system

Question 12

Soft spongy mass of nerve cells and supportive tissue

Answer 12

Brain

Question 13

These are the 3 main parts of the brain

Answer 13

Cerebrum, Cerebellum, and Brain Stem

Question 14

This is the largest part of the brain, it uses information from our sense to tell us what is going on around us

Answer 14

Cerebrum

Question 15

These are the four lobes of the cerebrum

Answer 15

frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal

Question 16

located under the cerebrum in the back of the brain, controls balance and complex actions like walking

Answer 16

cerebellum

Question 17

Connects the brain to the spinal cord

Answer 17

brain stem

Question 18

controls hunger and thirst, also the most basic body functions such as body temperature, blood pressure and breathing

Answer 18

Brain Stem

Question 19

This is a part of the central nervous system that is between the brain and the body

Answer 19

spinal cord

Question 20

Forms 31 pairs of spinal nerves

Answer 20

spinal cord

Question 21

specialized cells that carry messages through an electrochemical process

Answer 21

neurons

Question 22

this is the body of the cell

Answer 22

soma

Question 23

these bring electrical signals towards the soma

Answer 23

dendrites

Question 24

these take information away from the soma

Answer 24

axons

Question 25

covers the axon and works like an insulator to keep the signal inside the cell

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myelin sheath

Question 26

a gap that separates the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron

Answer 26

synapse

Question 27

the message carried by neurons

Answer 27

nerve impulse

Question 28

a nerve that carries impulses to the brain or spinal cord from a muscle or gland

Answer 28

sensory neuron

Question 29

a connector neuron

Answer 29

interneuron

Question 30

a nerve that carries impulses from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland

Answer 30

motor nerve

Question 31

and involuntary response to something which happens very quickly, it protects your body from harm, like putting your hand on a hot stove

Answer 31

reflex