Brain & Spinal Cord Review

The autonomic nervous system controls all __________ responses of the body.

• unconscious

• voluntary

• sequenced

• repeated

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The sympathetic nervous system controls all _________ responses of the body.

• conscious

• involuntary

• emergency

• repeated

The sensory somatic nervous system controls all _________ responses of the body.

• unconscious

• voluntary

• sequenced

• repeated

If the central nervous system is the main control center for the body, the peripheral nervous system is the __________________.

• message dispatch

• signal interpreter

• impulse translator

• thought processor

If the sympathetic nervous system prepares your body for ____________, the parasympathetic nervous system prepares your body for _____________.

• flight; fight

• sleep; wake

• war; peace

• digestion; relaxation

If the peripheral nervous system _____________ messages, the central nervous system _____________ them

• conveys; interprets

• translates; transmit

• opens; copies

• inspects; spreads

All of the following are functions of the central nervous system except

• it interprets signals from the external environment

• it translates signals from the internal organs

• it receives messages from the peripheral nervous system

• it sends messages directly to muscles and glands

All of the following are functions of the peripheral nervous system except

• it interprets signals from the external environment

• it sends signals to the internal organs

• it receives messages from the central nervous system

• it sends messages directly to muscles and glands

Which area of the central nervous system contains cerebrospinal fluid?

• Efferent tissue

• Subarachnoid space

• Dura mater

• Grey matter

Which tissues of the central nervous system contain myelin?

• Arachnoid mater

• White mater

• Dura mater

• Grey matter