Year 9 Revision - Body Coordination and Control

In this picture of a brain, the yellow part is known as the

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• spinal cord

• cerebral cortex

For this scenario, name the stimulus

• stepping on lego bricks

• foot

• floor

• pain

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A receptor in your body detects a stimulus, where does the impulse travel?

• Along a motor neuron

• Along an interneuron

• Along a sensory neuron

• Along the Myelin Sheath

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You accidentally grab a hot pan and pull away without thinking about it

This is an example of a

• reflexion

• reaction

• response

• reflex arc

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What is the difference between a reflex and a normal response?

• It is slower

• It is faster

• There is no difference

• A reflex doesn't have a stimulus

In a reflex arc, the impulse skips the brain and goes straight to an interneuron then a motor neuron

• True

• False

A dendrite

• sends signals to other neurons

• receives signals from other neurons

• insulates the axon

• contains the DNA of the cell

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Impulses going to your arms telling them to move travel along

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• interneurons

• brain neurons

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The smallest functional unit of life.

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organism

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A type of cell found in the nervous system that is specialized to transmit electrical impulses.

• Skin cell

• Bone

• Glands

• Neuron

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