A&P-Ch 12: Central Nervous System

The nervous system_________

• receives information about what is going on in your body as well as what is going on around you. 
• tells your body how to react to the information it receives. 
• helps your body maintain homeostasis. 
• all of the above.

Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull. 
• The brain and the body.
• The spinal cord and the brain.
• The spinal cord and the body. 

What is "homeostasis"?

• The body's ability to react to a stimuli. 
• The body's ability to keep everything inside it in balance. 

A bundle of nerve tissue that links the brain to the nerves in peripheral nerve system is called the________________

• brain stem. 
• central nervous system. 
• spinal cord. 

The brain is made up of three major parts. What are they?

• The occipital lobe, the parietal lobe, and the frontal lobe. 
• The spinal cord, the cerebrum, and the cerebellum. 
• The brain stem, the cerebrum, and the cerebellum. 

The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes make up the_______

• brain stem.
• cerebrum.
• cerebellum. 

Which part of the brain controls all involuntary actions?

• brain stem
• cerebrum
• cerebellum

Which part of the brain coordinates the actions of muscles and helps you maintain balance?

• brain stem
• cerebrum
• cerebellum

which part of the brain carries out mental processes such as learning and remembering?

• brain stem
• cerebrum
• cerebellum

What is an example of your body maintaining homeostasis? 

• Your internal body temperature is 98.6^o.
• The hair growing on your head. 
• Your fingernails and toenails breaking when they get too long.