Nervous System Review

Which of the following is not a nervous system function?

• Receives information from internal and external environments

• Responds to stimuli

• Maintains balance in the body

• Shapes and supports the body

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The central nervous system is made up of what parts?

• Brain and spinal cord

• Brain only

• Nerves only

• Nerves and spinal cord

The peripheral nervous system is made up of what parts?

• Brain and spinal cord

• Brain only

• Nerves only

• Nerves and spinal cord

Axon, axon terminals, dendrites and cell body are all parts to what?

• Brain

• Neurons

• Cerebellum

• None of the above

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Controls all body functions

• spinal cord

• brain

• nerves

• cerebellum

____________ receive messages from other neurons and send them to the cell body.

• axons

• dendrites

• synapses

• hormones

Connects the brain to the spinal cord.

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• midbrain

Part of brain that coordinates muscle movements.

• brain stem

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• spinal cord

Thinking takes place in the

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• spinal cord

The long, fiber like extension of the neuron that sends information from the soma:

• axon

• dendrite

• myelin

• gene