Nervous System Assessment

The nervous system_________

• receives information about what is going on in your body as well as what is going on around you.

• tells your body how to react to the information it receives.

• helps your body do involuntary actions, like your breathing and heart rate.

• all of the above.

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Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull.

• The brain and the body.

• The spinal cord and the brain.

• The spinal cord and the body.

The brain is made up of three major parts. What are they?

• The occipital lobe, the parietal lobe, and the frontal lobe.

• The brain stem/medulla, the cerebrum, and the cerebellum.

• The spinal cord, the cerebrum, and the cerebellum.

A bundle of nerve tissue that links the brain to the nerves to the rest of your body is ___________.

• spinal cord.

• central nervous system.

• brain stem.

• medulla.

Which part of the brain carries out mental processes such as learning and remembering?

• brain stem

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• spinal cord

This part of the neuron receives chemical messages from the neurotransmitters of other neurons.

• Axon Terminal

• Dendrites

• Myelin Sheath

• Cell Body

What is letter E pointing to?

• nucleus

• axon

• dendrite

• cell body

What is letter A pointing to?

• dendrite

• axon

• nucleus

• axon terminal

What is letter B pointing to?

• dendrite

• cell body

• axon terminal

• axon

What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?

• Synapse

• Waves

• Neurotransmitters

• Sparks