The Nervous System and The Senses

These are specialized structures of the nervous system that pick up stimuli from inside or outside the body.

• Sensory Retrievers
• Sensory Input
• Sensory Signals
• Sensory Receptors

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Messages from the eyes are sent to the brain through the ________ ________ where the information is processed and made sense of.

• Optic Nerve
• Auditory Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Somatic Nerve

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The chemoreceptors of smell are _______________ receptor cells.

• Auditory
• Thermo
• Olfactory
• Optic

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What are the cells of the nervous system called?

• Neurons
• Neutrons
• Synapses
• Erythrocytes

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The part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities.

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain
• Spinal Cord

The part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, language  and memories.

• Cerebellum
• Cerebrum
• Dendrites
• Brain Stem

The main control center in an animal body; part of the central nervous system.

• Brain
• Brain Stem
• Spinal Cord
• Nervous System

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Branch-like extensions of the neuron that receive chemical messages and carry them to the cell body.

• Dendrites
• Neurons
• Nerves
• Spinal Cord

The nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord make up the _________________.

• peripheral nervous system

• perennial nervous system

• superstitious nervous system

• magnificent nervous system

What are the type of functions that do not require you to think about them?

• Homeostasis

• Voluntary

• Involuntary

• Automatic