DHO Ch. 7.6/7.7 Nervous System & Special Senses

What job do the nerves perform?

• Carry messages to and from the brain

• Play games

• Support and Protect the body

• Nothing

What does the cerebellum control?

• Sight

• Balance and coordination

• smell

• touch

Another name for a stroke is

• Brain attack

• Dementia

• IBS

• Lechuda

What does the medulla oblongata control

• Immune system

• Voluntary movement

• Breathing and heart rate

• Controls all of the above

A neuron has multiple

• Cell bodies

• Dendrites

• Axons

• Nuclei

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord

• True

• False

The peripheral nervous system consists of all the nerves outside of the central nervous system

• True

• False

The function of the olfactory receptors is

• Chewing

• Vision

• Hearing

• Smell

This cranial nerve is responsible for hearing

• Glossopharyngeal

• Vestibulocochlear

• Accessory

• Vagus

Which of these is not a symptom of dementia/alzheimers

• Language problems

• Memory loss

• Unpredictable behavior

• Fever