Nervous System

Which part of a neuron receives nerve impulses?

Which lobe of the brain is involved in voluntary movements, reasoning, and decision-making?

Which part of the brain transmits impulses between the spinal cord and brain and controls things like blood pressure, heart rate, and swallowing?

• Hypothalamus

• Medulla Oblongata

• Pons

• Thalamus

Which type of sensory receptors sense temperature variations?

What are the receptors in your nose that sense smell called?

After sound waves are collected by the auricle, then what must happen?

• the impulses are registered in the brain as sound

• tiny hairs in the cochlea vibrate

• sound waves travel through the middle ear

• sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane

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Which part of the eye contains thousands of photoreceptors and sends visual information to the brain through the optic nerve?

Select the five organs that make up the sensory system.

• Smell, eyes, touch, tongue and hearing.

• Tongue, skin, sight, smell and ears.

• Touch, ears, nose, eyes and tongue.

• Ears, tongue, skin, eyes and nose.

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Something you detect using your sensory receptors is called a...

• stimulus

• reflex

• sense

• touch

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What is a Neuron?

• A cell

• A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

• A receiver for information

• a gland