What is the main function of the nervous system?

• clean waste from the cells
• absorb nutrients for energy
• deliver messages to the brain

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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

Nerves that cause muscles to move are ____.

• axon nerves

• motor nerves

• sensory nerves

• feeling nerves

The ____ is made of all the nerves that spread out from the brain and spinal cord.

• peripheral nervous system

• average nervous system

• central nervous system

• linear nervous system

The human nervous system is composed of which two parts?

• central nervous system; somatic nervous system
• central nervous system; peripheral nervous system
• autonomic nervous system; somatic nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system; somatic nervous system

Which two parts constitute the autonomic nervous system?

• brain; spinal cord

• sensory nerves; motor nerves

• brain; somatic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system

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Jeremy was swimming in the ocean last Saturday and saw a shark in the water. Jeremy panicked and swam as fast as he could to the shore.

Identify what system helped Jeremy get out of the ocean.

• somatic nervous system

• central nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

The _____part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting.

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic
• somatic
• peripheral

Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities

• autonomic
• somatic
• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

If you just ate a big meal

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

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