Homeostasis and the nervous system

The regulation of steady internal conditions in an organism is called ___.

• homeostasis

• reflex

• paralysis

• synapse

An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spinal cord is a ____.

• stimulus

• reflex

• paralysis

• cerebellum

Nerve cells are called ____.

• synapses

• cerebrums

• neurons

• dendrites

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The space between neurons is called a ____.

• axon

• cerebellum

• synapse

• dendrite

Part of a neuron that carries an impulse away from the cell body.

• axon

• nucleus

• dendrite

• neuron

Any change inside or outside your body that causes a response is a ____.

• axons

• stimulus

• reflex

• neurons

The thick cord of nerve tissue in the center of the backbone is the ____.

• dendrite

• neuron

• spinal cord

• brain stem

Part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

• peripheral nervous system

• outside nervous system

• medial nervous system

• central nervous system

The ____ is made of all the nerves that spread out from the brain and spinal cord.

• peripheral nervous system

• average nervous system

• central nervous system

• linear nervous system

If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:

• keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
• decrease body temperature
• increase body temperature
• regulate blood pressure