Nervous System Anatomy

Question 1

Cerebellum

Answer 1

Coordinates muscle (motor) activities
Maintains balance

Question 2

Corpus Callosum

Answer 2

Connection between two halves of the brain

Question 3

Thalamus

Answer 3

Brain’s relay station (from senses to specific part of the brain)

Question 4

Hypothalamus

Answer 4

Homeostasis of body functions

Hunger, thirst, sex, rage

Question 5

Pituitary gland

Answer 5

Production site for many hormones

Question 6

Medulla oblongata

Answer 6

Involuntary control; breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure, peristalsis (digestion)

Question 7

Pons

Answer 7

Connection between spinal cord and brain

Question 8

Spinal cord

Answer 8

Contains reflex arc (involving inter neurons)

Protected by a vertebrae

Question 9

Sensory (afferent) neurons

Answer 9

Receptor

Go from body to central nervous system

Question 10

Motor (efferent) neurons

Answer 10

Effector

Goes from central nervous system to body

Question 11

Somatic

Answer 11

Voluntary

Question 12

Autonomic

Answer 12

Involuntary

Contains sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 13

Sympathetic

Answer 13

Autonomic

Pupils dilate, heart rate increases, digestion slows, open lungs, adrenaline, related to fear or stress

Question 14

Parasympathetic

Answer 14

Autonomic

Pupils contract, heart rate decreases, digestion occurs, lungs constrict, acetylcholine, relaxed state

Question 15

Cerebrum

Answer 15

Center for voluntary activity
Memory, thinking, reasoning
Two halves

Right = drawing, speech, spatial 
Left = analytical, math, logical