The Nervous System

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

• Cerebellum Nervous System and Cerebrum Nervous System

• Central Nervous System and Neuron Nervous System

• Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System

• Brain Stem System and Dendrites System

The central nervous system consists of the ______ and the ______.

• Brain and Spinal cord

• muscles and nerves

• cell bodies and cell muscles

• Axons and Dendrites

The command center that controls all the functions of our bodies is the _____.

• brain

• dendrites

• axon

• spinal cord

What is another name for Neurons?

• command center

• central system

• Nerve cells

• peripheral

There are three different types of neurons and they have different shapes and functions.

• True

• False

what is the function of the peripheral nervous system?

• It's job is to make the body move from right to left.

• Like wires traveling from the brain and the spinal cord to receive and give information to all parts of the body.

• The part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rates.

• A gland that conveys sensations of touch, pain, and temperature to other parts of the brain.

The cerebrum is also called the forebrain which is divided into two sides called the left and right hemispheres. It controls:

• The way blood flows in the body

• Higher thought processes, all activities while you are awake, intelligence, memory, all senses.

• The brain and the central system

• How someone reacts after being touch in the shoulder

The cerebellum is in the back of your brain. It controls your balance, _____, and coordination.

• thoughts

• weight

• posture

• brain

The brain stem connects your brain to the spinal cord, which controls your breathing and _____ ____.

• heart rate

• blood cells

• memory cord

• all senses

The hypothalamus is a gland that controls involuntary body functions, such as your _____.