Nervous System Quiz

What is the parts of THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

• Spinal Cord

• Brain

• Everything else but the spinal cord and the brain

What does THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM do?

• controls most functions of the body and mind

• to digest food

• to breathe in air, absorb oxygen into the bloodstream and breathe out carbon dioxide

the brain is divided into three parts:

the spinal cord, the nerves, toes

• true

• false

The Spinal Cord is THE PATHWAY for the messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain.

• false

• true

Instructions from the spinal cord to the muscles in the human leg are transmitted through structures known as:

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• interneurons

• connective neurons

Electrical messages are first detected by which part of a neuron

• dendrite

• nucleus

• terminal branch

• mitochondrion

A man suffers a head injury during a basketball game. For several days afterward, he can't remember his social media passwords. This memory loss results from damage to the man's

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• medulla

• spinal cord

Which part of the human brain is correctly paired with its function?

• spinal cord - coordinates learning activities

• cerebellum - serves as the center for breathing and other actions

• cerebrum - serves as the center for thinking and learning

• medulla - maintains muscle control

Which structure in humans transmit electrical messages?

• veins

• lymphocytes

• neurons

• nephrons

The peripheral nervous system consists of the

• neurons located in the brain and the spinal cord

• nerves that extend from the brain and the spinal cord

• interneurons of the central nervous system

• portions of the brain known as the medulla and cerebellum