Nervous System Quiz

What are Neurons?

• Where the processing centers for speech, taste and reading are located.

• Auditory, speech

• Vision

• Nerve cells. They carry electrical messages from one area of the body to another area.

Which part of the brain controls balance and body position?

• cerebrum

• medulla

• cerebellum

• impluses

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

What is the "highway" that all nerves travel on?

• cerebrum

• spinal cord

• cerebellum

• none of the above

What is your nervous system do?

• It sends message to the rest of you body.

• It helps you talk.

• It doesn’t complete any tasks.

• It digests your food.

A body system that controls and coordinates all body activities through electric impulses/messages between brain, spinal cord and nerves.

• endocrine system 

• nervous system

• nerve

• neuron

What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?

• brain and spinal cord
• brain and cranial nerves
• spinal cord and spinal nerves
• cranial nerves and spinal nerves

What sense organ is responsible for our sense of touch?

• Ears
• Face
• Nose 
• Skin

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

• nerves

• neuron

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

The main organ of the nervous system.

• spinal cord

• nerves

• neuron

• brain