Nervous System

What system in the body receives information about what is happening both inside and outside the body? It includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves that run throughout the body. It also includes sense organs such as the eyes and ears.

• respiratory system

• digestive system

• nervous system

• circulatory system

A change or signal in the environment that makes the nervous system react is called a

• stimulus

• response

• nerve impluse

• synapse

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The cells that carry information through your nervous system are

• protons

• cardiac muscles

• electrons

• neurons

The structures that carry messages toward a neuron’s cell body are

• axons

• dendrites

• nerves

• nerve impulses

A junction, or gap, where one neuron can transfer and impulse to another structure such as an organ or a sweat gland is called what?

• synapse

• nerve impulse

• dendrite

• response

A scientist studying the brain is studying part of the

• peripheral nervous system

• somatic nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• central nervous system

What region of the brain interprets input from the senses, controls movements, and carries out complex mental processes such as learning and remembering?

• spinal cord

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• cochlea

What region of the brain coordinates the actions of your muscles and helps you keep your balance? A. cerebellum B. cerebrum C. cornea D. spinal cord

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• cornea

• spinal cord

Which structure links the brain and the peripheral nervous system?

• cerebrum

• cerebelum

• cochlea

• spinal cord

What part of the nervous system consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect it to the rest of the body? A total of 43 pairs of nerves make it up.

• peripheral nervous system

• central nervous system

• sensory neuron

• interneurons