Nervous System

What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?

• brain and spinal cord
• brain and cranial nerves
• spinal cord and spinal nerves
• cranial nerves and spinal nerves

The part of the neuron that insulates the axon and increases the speed of the neural message within the neuron.

• Synapse
• Dendrite
• Myelin Sheath
• Axon Terminal Button

What is the gap between two neurons called?

• Impulse

• Synapse

• CNS

• Inter neuron

What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS) made of?

• brain and spinal cord

• brain and cranial nerves

• spinal cord and spinal nerves

• cranial nerves and spinal nerves

Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain

• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Medulla  Oblongata
• Corpus Callosum

Carries messages between the body and the brain:

• cerebellum
• corpus callosum
• spinal cord
• special thalamus

Which part of the brain controls vital functions such as breathing and heart rate?

• Diencephalon
• Frontal Lobe
• Brain Stem
• Cerebellum

All reflexes

• have association neurons.

• occur in the brain.

• have interneurons.

• are automatic, subconscious responses to stimuli.

Somatic nervous system controls ___________, whereas the autonomic nervous system controls ___________.

• skeletal muscles; visceral organs

• brain and spinal cord; spinal and cranial nerves

• visceral organs; skeletal muscles

• spinal and cranial nerves; brain and spinal cord

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from

• an open head wound

• mechanical force

• an infection

• poisoning