Unit 3 Nervous System
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- Q1What are the two parts of the Nervous SystemCerebrum and CerebellumCentral Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous SystemDendrites and Axons30sEditDelete
- Q2The pathway that the brain and the body use to send signals back and forth is called?spinal cordcell bodymyelin sheath30sEditDelete
- Q3What is the major organ of the Nervous System?heartmusclesbrain30sEditDelete
- Q4The brain is divided into frontal, parietal and occipital what?Sensory, Motor and InterneuronslobesAxon, Dendrite and Cell Body30sEditDelete
- Q5What is the job of the Peripheral Nervous System?To send messages from the brain to the body through the spinal cord.To control the voluntary muscles.To send messages from the body back up to the brain through the spinal cord.30sEditDelete
- Q6What is the job of the Central Nervous System?To help your body digest food.To send messages from the brain to the body through the spinal cord.To send messages from the body to the brain through the spinal cord.30sEditDelete
- Q7Choose the statement that best describes the jobs of the cerebrum?controls the involuntary muscleslargest part of the brain, controls movement, thinking, planninghelps you maintain balance30sEditDelete
- Q8Choose the statement that best describes the job of the cerebellum?largest part of the brain, controls movement, thinking and planninghelps you maintain balancecontrols involuntary muscles30sEditDelete
- Q9Choose the statement that best describes the job of the brain stem?helps you maintain balancecontrols the involuntary muscleslargest part of the brain, controls movement, planning and thinking30sEditDelete
- Q10The brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left side of your brain controls what side of your body?right sideleft sideboth sides30sEditDelete
- Q11Brain dominance means that you use one side of your brain more than the other. People who are creative, musical and impulsive are using what side of their brain?rightleft30sEditDelete
- Q12Brain dominance means that you use one side of your brain more than the other. People who are logical, mathematical and detail oriented are using what side of their brain?leftright30sEditDelete
- Q13How would you describe the way signals travel from the body to the brain?signals jump from neuron to neuron through electrical chargessignals travel through your blood vesselssignals travel through your skeletal system.30sEditDelete
- Q14The nerve cells or neurons in your body muscles are called?interneuronssensory neuronsmotor neurons30sEditDelete
- Q15The neurons that are found only in the central nervous system are called what?motor neuronsinterneuronssensory neurons30sEditDelete
- Q16The largest part of your brain is divided into different lobes. Which lobe controls your ability to feel hot and cold, pain and touchoccipital lobefrontal lobeparietal lobe30sEditDelete
- Q17When your 5 senses send the brain information you are using what part of your Nervous System?Peripheral Nervous SystemCentral Nervous System30sEditDelete
- Q18Your nerve cells have axons that allow signals to travel from neuron to neuron. What is the protective covering on the axon named?myelin sheathcell bodydendrite30sEditDelete
- Q19When you take a blow to the head you often suffer a TBI which stands for?The Bad InjuryThe Brain InterneuronTraumatic Brain Injury30sEditDelete
- Q20What is the number nervous system injury most football players suffer?brain stem injuryconcussionspinal cord injury30sEditDelete