Animal Senses Vocabulary Quiz

The set of organs that uses information from the senses to control all body systems.

• nervous system

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• sensory organ

Organ in the nervous system that sends and receives messages from the other body organs.

• spinal cord

• brain

• reflex

• instinct

A thick bundle of nerves inside the spine.

• brain

• spinal cord

• sensory organ

• reflex

Part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord.

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• reflex

• instinct

Part of the nervous system that is not part of the central nervous system and receives sensory information from cells in the body.

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• sensory organ

• instinct

Organs such as the skin, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue that gather information from outside the body.

• nervous system

• spinal cord

• reflex

• sensory organ

An action or movement of the body that happens automatically as a reaction to something.

• central nervous system

• brain

• reflex

• sensory organ

An inherited behavior, one that is not learned but is done automatically.

• instinct

• spinal cord

• brain

• central nervous system