Information Processing in Animals

The organ that sends and receives messages

• brain

• neuron

• spinal cord

• sensory organs

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A nerve cell

• reflex

• sensory organ

• neuron

• peripheral nerve

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A nerve that is not part of the central nervous system and receives sensory information from cells.

• sensory organs

• nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

Parts of the body that take in information from outside the body.

• peripheral nerve

• sensory organs

• reflexes

• nervous system

A thick bundle of nerves inside the spine.

• spinal cord

• cordless phone

• brain

• neuron

An action or movement of the body that happens automatically.

• reflex

• peripheral nerve

• spinal cord

• sensory organs

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The set of organs that uses information to control all body systems.

• sensory organs

• peripheral nerves

• nervous system

• brain

Select all of the senses.

• Touch

• Taste

• Hearing

• Sight

• Smell

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How does a bat hunt for food?

• It uses its sense of sight to view prey through its eyes.

• It sends out sound waves that bounce off prey and lets them locate them.

• It uses chemicals from the air that enter its nose to detect prey.

Nerves travel through your ________ to get to your brain.

• umbilical cord

• spinal cord

• veins

• peripheral nerve