Our Nervous System

What does the nervous system do?

• Pumps blood from your heart to your body

• Carries messages back and forth between your brand and the rest of your body

• Breaks up food

• Secrete hormones.

What are the 3 mains parts of the Nervous System

• Brain, heart, blood vessels

• Blood Vessels, spinal cord, blood

• Brain, Spinal Cord, Neurons

• Heart, blood vessels, and blood

What is considered the command center of the nervous system?

• Neurons

• Heart

• Spinal Cord

• Brain

What kind of cells make up the nervous system?

• Plasma

• Neurons

• Blood Vessels

• Spinal Cord

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What makes up the Central Nervous System?

• Blood and Heart

• Spinal Cord

• Nerves

• Brain and Spinal Cord

What does the cerebrum control?

• Memory, language, and thoughts.

• Heartbeat, swallowing, and blinking.

• Coughing and sneezing

• Standing, running, waving, and speaking.

And injury to the spinal cord can lead to paralysis.

• True

• False

What is this? It coordinates muscle movements.

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

• Diencephalon

What structure is bright blue and located at bottom of the brain and controls the information sent between brain and rest of the body?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

What structure is grey in this picture. It controls conscious thought and memory?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem