Circulatory and Nervous System

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

• Red Blood Cell-RBC

• White Blood Cell-WBC

• Neuron

• Tissue

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

• axons

• dendrites

• synapses

• hormones

Part of neuron; carries messages away from the cell body.

• neuron

• cell body

• dendrite

• axon

Small space between neurons

• dendrite

• axon

• synapse

• cerebrum

Basic unit of the nervous system; another name for nerve cell.

• brain stem

• axon

• dendrite

• neuron

Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to rest of body.

• Central Nerves

• Peripheral Nerves

• Cerebellum

• Synapse

What is the function of the nervous system

• pumps blood

• provide support to muscles

• communicate with and react to the environment

• provides oxygen to all the cells in the body

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What are the two main parts of the central nervous system?

• brain and spinal cord

• patella and phalanges

• heart and lungs

• stomach and pancreas

Luke did not clean his room and his mom stepped on a sharp Lego and screamed. In this case, the Lego represents a_____

• Stimulus

• Response

• Sensor

• Impulse

Luke did not clean his room and his mom stepped on a sharp Lego and screamed. In this case, the mom screaming represents a_____

• Stimulus

• Response

• Sensor

• Impulse