The Nervous System

A bundle of nerves that runs along the back of a vertebrate within the spinal column.

• Dendrites
• Stimulus
• Brain Stem
• Spinal cord

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

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A nerve cell.

• Neuron
• Spinal cord
• Dendrite
• Brain

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Connected to spinal cord, controls heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, digestion.

• Nerves
• Brain Stem
• Dendrites
• Brain

Carry message from body to brain from the brain to body.

• Nerves
• Neuron 
• Brain
• Spinal Cord

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Responds to information received from the outside environment and inside your body. For example, touching a hot stove is a stimulus.

• Nerves
• Brain
• Stimulus 
• Dendrite

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

• Dendrites
• Neurons
• Nerves
• Spinal Cord

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Which image represents the nervous system?

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Select the three parts of the nervous system.

• Brain, muscles and nerves.

• Spinal chord, brain and nerves.

• Nerves, senses and spinal chord.

• Muscles, senses and brain.