The Nervous System Quiz

What are the two parts of THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

• Spinal Cord

• Brain

• Everything else but the spinal cord and the brain

• central

What does THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM do?

• controls most functions of the body and mind

• to digest food

• to breathe in air, absorb oxygen into the bloodstream and breathe out carbon dioxide

• picks up messages from inside our body

what systems work with the nervous system?

• Respiratory System

• Skeletal System

• Digestive System

• Excretory System

• all of the above

The Spinal Cord is THE PATHWAY for the messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain.

• false

• true

What is the main function of the nervous system? 

• Break down foods into nutrients that can be used by the body, absorb nutrients that are necessary for energy, growth, and maintenance, and rid the body of solid waste.
• Filter out cellular wastes, toxins (chemicals that could be poisonous to the body), and excess water that result from cellular respiration.
• Receive stimuli from inside and outside the body, to interpret the stimuli, and initiate responses for survival.
• Transport blood to all parts of the body so that gases, nutrients, and waste products are transported to and from the cells.

A bundle of nerves that begins at the brain stem and continues down the center of your back through the vertebrae (spine). 

• spinal cord
• peripheral nerves
• brain
• stomach

Which structure in humans transmit electrical messages?

• veins

• lymphocytes

• neurons

• nephrons

Messages must be sent across the gap between two neurons, but we need a special chemical to do so. What are these called?

• Neurotransmitter

• Neurogapcrosser

• Neurobrain

• Neurosynaptic

The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.

• heart, brain, kidneys
• lungs, liver, stomach
• brain, spinal cord, nerves
• eyes, pancreas, veins

What is a nerve?

• A bundle of nerve cells

• a norgan that controls the body

• electrical signals in the brain

• only surronds the eyes

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