Nervous System Game

What part of the brain controls respiration?

The brain and the spinal cord. “The control center.”

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• neuron

• sensory neuron

They are points on a nerve cell that receive signals from other nerve cells.

• motor neuron

• dendrite

• axon

• synapse

What is a neuron?

• A cell

• A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

• A receiver for information

• a gland

True or False: The ears are also responsible for hearing and balance

• True

• Falsed

What part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, judgment, memory, reasoning and will power?

• Cerebellum

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebrum

• Thalamus

A cable-like structure that lets information travel through it away from the neuron to be received by other neurons. “The cable.”

• motor neuron

• dendrite

• axon

• synapse

What do motor neurons do?

• carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands

• carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain

• carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons

• store messages

The correct medical term for someone who suffers from recurrent seizures is: 

• epilepsy 
• cerebral palsy
• meningitis
• concussion

This neurological injury can occur when the head sustains a violent impact that causes the brain to hit the inside of the skull.

• concussion

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Dementia

• Cerebral Palsy