Nervous System

What is the primary function of the nervous system?

• To send and receive stimuli
• To interpret stimuli
• To tell your body what to do
• All of the above

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What are the three components of the nervous system?

• Arteries, Veins, Capillaries
• Heart, Blood vessels, Blood
• Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves
• Nose, Trachea, Lungs

What major organ is involved in the nervous system?

• Heart
• Lungs
• Brain
• Liver

This bundle of nerves travels from the brain, down your back, and through your vertebrae?

• Capillaries
• Blood vessels
• Peripheral Nerves
• Spinal cord

This network of nerves travels throughout your body in order to send signals to the brain...

• Spinal cord
• Peripheral Nerves
• Capillaries
• Your last nerves

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

• Red Blood Cell-RBC

• White Blood Cell-WBC

• Neuron

• Tissue

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

A nerve cell.

• Neuron
• Spinal cord
• Dendrite
• Brain

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