Topic 6.1 - Stimuli And Responses

Question 1

What are the main two parts to the Nervous System?

Answer 1

The peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system.

Question 2

What is the central nervous system made up of?

Answer 2

The brain and the spinal cord.

Question 3

What is the peripheral nervous system made up of?

Answer 3

The sensory nervous system and the motor nervous system.

Question 4

What is the motor nervous system made up of?

Answer 4

The voluntary nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

Question 5

What is the autonomic nervous system made up of?

Answer 5

The sympathetic system and parasympathetic system.

Question 6

What does the sympathetic system do?

Answer 6

Prepares the body for activity.

Question 7

What does the Parasympathetic system do?

Answer 7

Calm the body down after activity, return to normal state.

Question 8

What does myogenic mean?

Answer 8

The cardiac (heart) muscle can contract and relax without using the nervous system’s impulses, it does it by itself.