Unit 2: The Nervous System

Question 1

What are the components of the nervous system?

Answer 1

The brain, spinal column and nervous network throughout the body

Question 2

Functions of the Nervous System: Sensation

Answer 2

receptors throughout the body receive stimuli and route it to the brain

Question 3

Functions of the Nervous System: Integration

Answer 3

Received information is sent to the brain and is either stored or acted upon

Question 4

Functions of the Nervous System: Regulation

Answer 4

maintains homeostasis, the system of the bodies equilibrium

Question 5

Functions of the Nervous System: intellectual activity

Answer 5

concious thought and emotional activity

Question 6

Functions of the Nervous System: Muscle and Gland Control:

Answer 6

Motor function control and gland regulation

Question 7

How is the Spine Protected?

Answer 7

The spinal cord is protected by the spinal column, composed of 33 vertebrae

Question 8

How is the brain protected?

Answer 8

The cranium, and layers of cerebrospinal fluid and layers of tissue know as meninges

Question 9

What does the sympathetic nervous system do?

Answer 9

controls most of the bodies internal organs, operates the fight or flight response

Question 10

What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?

Answer 10

Works with sympathetic nervous system, assists the body in rest and digestion

Question 11

Cervical Spine

Answer 11

Neck, 7 vertebrae

Question 12

Thoracic Spine

Answer 12

, upper chest, 12 vertebrae

Question 13

Lumbar Spine

Answer 13

lower back, 5 vertebrae

Question 14

Sacral Spine

Answer 14

Abdomen, fused 5 vertebrae

Question 15

Coccyx

Answer 15

tail bone, 4 fused vertebrae