Nervous System Quiz

The nervous system_________

• receives information about what is going on in your body as well as what is going on around you. 
• tells your body how to react to the information it receives. 
• helps your body maintain homeostasis. 
• all of the above.

The nervous system lets your body know what is going on around you and______________

• changes what is bad for your body.
• maintains the conditions inside your body such as your temperature. 

What is "stimuli"?

• A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system. 
• What your body does to a change or a signal. 
• A change or a signal your body receives. 

Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull. 
• The brain and the body.
• The spinal cord and the brain.
• The spinal cord and the body. 

A_______is what your body does in reaction to a stimuli. 

• reaction
• response
• change

What is "homeostasis"?

• The body's ability to react to a stimuli. 
• The body's ability to keep everything inside it in balance. 

What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

• The brain and spinal cord. 
• The central nervous system and the skeletal system. 
• The central and peripheral nervous systems. 

the central nervous system______________

• is the control center of the body. 
• the main body system. 

A bundle of nerve tissue that links the brain to the nerves in peripheral nerve system is called the________________

• brain stem. 
• central nervous system. 
• spinal cord. 

Sends impulses away from the CNS

• Efferent Nerves

• Afferent Nerves

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System