The nervous system - Introduction - ch 12

Question 1

What does the nervous system facilitate within the body when integrating and controlling the various functions of the body?

Answer 1

internal communication

Question 2

What do sense organs provide the nervous system with?

Answer 2

Information about the environment collected from the 5 senses

Question 3

Name 5 activities that keep the body operating?

Answer 3

1. respiration
2. digestion
3. heart pumping
4. movement
5. all the senses

Question 4

What do the sense organs detect in the external environment that humans react to

Answer 4

Various stimuli

Question 5

Name 5 senses?

Answer 5

1. sight
2. hearing
3. smell
4. taste
5. touch

Question 6

Name 1 activities that the nervous system is responsible for?

Answer 6

1. sending, receiving and processing nerve impulses

Question 7

Name 4 brain processes that make us human?

Answer 7

1. Thinking
2. Dreaming
3. laughing
4. memory