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Give the name of the three main parts of the brain and write one function of each

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Cerebellum– lets us keep our balance and have muscle control
Cerebrum– let’s us think, remember, and possess consciousness
Medulla– controls heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure

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What are the three parts of the nervous system

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Brain
Spinal cord
Autonomic nerves

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What is a stimulus

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Something in which you react to

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What is a reflex action

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An automatic action

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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there

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12

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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there

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31

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What does the autonomic system control

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Involuntary body actions

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What is another name for a nerve cell

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Neuron

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A nerve impulse is carried to the nerve cell by

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Dendrites

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The nerve impulses carried away from the nerve cell by

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The fibers of the axon

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The space between a dendrite an an axon is called a

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Synapse

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What is the function of the sensory nerves

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Send messages to the brain

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What is the function of the motor nerves

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Sends messages from the brain

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What part of the brain is tasting a hamburger

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Cerebrum

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What part of the brain is artistic ability

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Cerebellum, cerebrum

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What part of the brain is kicking a soccer ball

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Cerebellum

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What part of the brain controls the rate of breathing

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Medulla

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What part of brain controls tying your shoes

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Cerebrum

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What is the purpose of the excretory system

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To remove waste from the body

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What carries blood to the heart

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Veins

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What carries blood away from the heart

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Arteries

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What are the main organs that remove liquid wastes urea from blood

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Kidneys

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What is the ureter

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A connecting tube

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What does the urethra do

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Releases liquid waste urine from the body

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What does the bladder do

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It stores liquid waste

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The tubes connecting the kidneys & the bladder are called

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Ureter

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The main filters of waste from blood are called

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Kidneys

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Liquid waste is

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Urine

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Where liquid waste is stored

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Bladder

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What is liquid waste found in the bloodstream

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Urea

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Where liquid waste is released from the body is called

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Urethra

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