Nervous System Pass Off

Question 1

Largest part of the brain

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Question 2

Voluntary movement, personality, reason, speech

Answer 2

Frontal lobe

Question 3

Taste, skin, sensations

Answer 3

Parietal lobe

Question 4

Sight

Answer 4

Occipital lobe

Question 5

Hearing, memory

Answer 5

Temporal lobe

Question 6

Balance and coordination

Answer 6

Cerebellum

Question 7

Hear rate and respirations
Includes:
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla oblongata

Answer 7

Brainstem

Question 8

Control of endocrine functions, blood pressure, and temperature regulation

Answer 8

Hypothalamus

Question 9

Secretes many hormones

Answer 9

Pituitary glands

Question 10

Reflex center, conduction of nerve impulses

Answer 10

Spinal cord

Question 11

Shock absorption, and provides nutrients for CNS

Answer 11

Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)

Question 12

Protection of the CNS

Answer 12

Meninges

Question 13

the tough outermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord

Answer 13

Dura mater

Question 14

spiderweb-like appearance, is a thin, transparent membrane surrounding the spinal cord like a loosely fitting sac.

Answer 14

Arachnoid mater

Question 15

the meningeal envelope that firmly adheres to the surface of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 15

Pia mater

Question 16

Basic unit of the nervous system

Answer 16

Neurons

Question 17

Neurons that take sensory information from the environment and sends the signal to the brain

Answer 17

Sensory neuron

Question 18

Neurons that communicate information from the brain to tissues and organs throughout the body allowing the movement

Answer 18

Motor neurons

Question 19

Neurons that make up most of the neurons in the body, called the “middle man” transmitting information between motor and sensory neurons

Answer 19

Interneuron

Question 20

Enclosed cable like bundles of neurons in the peripheral nervous system

Answer 20

Nerves