The Nervous System

Question 1

What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 1

emergency response: fight or flight

Question 2

What is the function of the central nervous system?

Answer 2

Controls behaviour and physiological processes

Question 3

What is the function of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 3

Controls involuntary body functions

Question 4

What is the function of the somatic nervous system?

Answer 4

Carries sensory and motor signals to and from the CNS

Question 5

What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 5

Calm and restore: rest and digest

Question 6

What is the function of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 6

Relays nerve impulses from CNS to the rest of the body, and from body to CNS

Question 7

What connects the two hemispheres of the cerebrum?

Answer 7

corpus callosum

Question 8

What functions are associated with the frontal lobe?

Answer 8

thought and speech production

Question 9

What functions are associated with the occipital lobe?

Answer 9

visual processing

Question 10

What does the hypothalamus regulate?

Answer 10

body temperature and other homeostatic functions