Chapter 9 Section 1 The Nervous System

What system in your body gathers information about the environment, and responds to that information?

• The nervous system

• The Brain Stem system

• Peripheral Nervous System

• The digestive system

Little Johnny receives an electric shock when he goes to unplug the fan, causing him to shout in surprise. This is an example of?

• Neuron overload

• Synapse overload

• a stimulus

• cerebrum shock

The basic functioning units of the nervous system are called nerve cells, or ________________________?

• dendrites

• axon

• syanpses

• neurons

The gap between two neurons is called?

• stimulus

• axon gap

• synapse

• cerebrum

The central nervous system(CNS) is made up of the brain and the ________________________?

• spinal cord

• brain stem

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

The cerebrum is the part of the brain that controls___________?

• involuntary functions

• voluntary muscle movement

• memory, language, and thought

• the somatic system

The cerebellum part of the brain controls which function(s)?

• memory, language, and thought

• voluntary muscle movement and regulates balance and posture

• controls involuntary functions

• has sensory neurons and motor neurons that transmit information between the CNS and the rest of the body.

The part of the brain that controls involuntary functions is the _______________________?

• brain stem

• spinal cord

• peripheral nervous system

• cerebellum

The ________________________ is a tube like structure of neurons?

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• spinal cord

• brain stem

This nervous system has sensory neurons and motor neurons that transmit information between the CNS and the rest of the body?

• central nervous system

• elongated nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• outlanderern nervous system