Psychology Test - Nervous System 22-23

The nervous system is made up of all the following EXCEPT

• Brain

• Nerves

• Muscles

• Spinal Cord

The nervous system is broken into 2 major parts, the

• Central Nervous System

• Pedestrian Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Whole Nervous System

The nervous system includes sensory organs (eyes, ears, skin)

• True

• False

The left side of your brain controls the _______ side of your body.

• Right

• Left

• Front

• Back

When your get scared, your nervous system goes into

• walk and talk mode

• fight or flight mode

• sit and lounge mode

• chill mode

What do we call the long "tail" like part of the neuron, that is responsible for continuing the electrical signal?

• Dendrite

• Soma

• Axon

Thinking, problem solving, "executive functioning," happen here. 

• cerebellum
• cerebrum
• amygdala
• hypothalamus

Carries messages between the body and the brain:

• cerebellum
• corpus callosum
• spinal cord
• special thalamus

Known as the "Little brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements:

• Thalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus
• Cerebellum

Which letter on the illustration represents the frontal lobe? 

• A
• B
• C
• D