Chapter 6: The Spinal Cord and Brain

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REVIEW: Read this sentence from chapter 5:

The message travels along the DENDRITES, much as a car or truck travels along a road.

What are DENDRITES?

• Dendrites are paths that messages travel along to get to the brain.

• Dendrites are structures used to help cars or trucks travel long distances.

Multiple Choice

Why are vertebrae hollow?

• To protect the spinal cord.

• To help the heart pump blood.

• To protect the brain.

Multiple Choice

If the spinal cord is broken, or damaged, the messages can't get through to the arms and legs.

What is the meaning of broken in the text?

• stopped

• damaged

• hopeless

• paralyzed

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word concussion?

• Fluid protecting the brain

• Protection of the brain

• A brain injury

Multiple Choice

The brain is protected by the sternum and three layers of fiber and fluid.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What is another name for the medulla?

• Cerebrum

• Brain Stem

• Spinal Cord

Multiple Choice

What is the function of the cerebellum?

• It controls voluntary actions of the body, like walking, running, and jumping.

• It controls involuntary actions of the body, like breathing, heartbeat, and digestion.

• It controls your body temperature, getting warmer when your body has an infection.

Multiple Choice

What are some functions of the CEREBRUM?

• Controls walking and running

• Controls breathing and sleeping

• Controls emotions and sight

Multiple Choice

The CEREBRAL CORTEX is the part of the brain people sometimes call "the gray matter."

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

How does the image on page 51 help us understand the brain?

• It shows a picture of the different parts of the brain and the gray matter.

• It shows things that happen, functions, in each hemisphere of the cerebrum.

• It shows a brain that has suffered a concussion, or injury.