Science 6th - Unit 14

The command center for the body is the

• spinal cord

• brain

• neuron

• lobe

The backbone protects the

• lobes

• spinal cord

• cerebellum

• brain stem

A __ in the nervous system is made up of a cell body, dendrites and an axon

• hormone

• synapse

• neuron

• receptors

The __ passes from the axon to the dendrites of nerve cells as it travels quickly to the brain

• neuron

• sheath

• somatic

• impulse

The electrical message jumps over the __ between each nerve cell

• myelin

• synapse

• somatic

• autonomic

__ nervous system consists of brain and spinal cord

• central

• peripheral

• autonomic

• somatic

__ nervous system controls involuntary activities such as heart rate and breathing

• central

• peripheral

• autonomic

• somatic

__ nervous system consists of millions of nerve cells all over the body

• central

• peripheral

• autonomic

• somatic

__ nervous system controls skeletal muscle movement (voluntary actions).

• central

• peripheral

• autonomic

• somatic

The cerebrum is divided into distinct areas called

• brain

• lobes

• cerebellum

• neurons