What is the nervous system

Question 1

What is the nervous system?

Answer 1

-A network of cells in the human body, the body’s internal communication system

Question 2

What is the function of the nervous system?

Answer 2

-to collect, process and respond to information from the environment
-to control organs and cells in the body

Question 3

The nervous system is split into two main parts…

Answer 3

The central and the peripheral

Question 4

What is the brain responsible for

Answer 4

-higher mental functioning

Question 5

What is the spinal cord responsible for

Answer 5

-reflex actions and transmitting information to and from the brain

Question 6

What two categories is the peripheral nervous system divided into?

Answer 6

The somatic and the autonomic nervous systems

Question 7

What is the somatic nervous system responsible for?

Answer 7

-voluntary movements such as walking and transmits information from the brain to skeletal muscles

Question 8

What is the autonomic nervous system responsible for?

Answer 8

-involuntary functions such as breathing and digesting

Question 9

What can the autonomic nervous system be divided into?

Answer 9

-the sympathetic (fight or flight) and the parasympathetic (conserves body energy) branches