The Central Nervous System in Your Body

The three main components of the Central Nervous System are the following:

• the brain, spinal cord and neurons

• the neurons, the skull, the spinal cord

• the brain, the heart, and the spinal cord

• the lungs, the heart and the viens

Which of the following does your brain control?

• thought

• movement

• memory

• awareness

• all of the choices

The largest part of the brain is:

• the gyrus

• the cortex

• the cerebrum

• the neurons

Answer explanation

The cerebrum and is responsible for things such as memory, speech, voluntary behaviors, and thought.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the frontal lobe?:

• visual processes

• language

• cognition

• voluntary movement

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Which of the following is involved in visual processes?:

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

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Which of the following is involved in processing the sounds we hear?

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

• frontal lobe

• temporal lobe

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Which of the following carries information from various parts of the body to and from the brain?:

• the brain

• the spinal cord

• the cortex

• the parietal lobe

Answer explanation

Which of the following is true?:

• The right hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body.

• The right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body.

• The left hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body.

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Neurons are the building blocks of the central nervous system and also considered the body's superhighway. Approximately how many neurons are there in the brain alone?:

• 86 million

• 86 trillion

• 86 thousand

• 86 billion

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What are vertebra?

• parts of the neurons

• a section of the brain

• part of the spinal column that protects the spinal cord

• part of the skull that protects the brain

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