Nervous System

As organisms get more complex, cells become specialized to perform specific functions in the body. What is the function for the cell shown?

• contract and shorten movement

• provide coverage and protection

• carry impulses around the body

• connects parts together

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

• Red Blood Cell-RBC

• White Blood Cell-WBC

• Neuron

• Tissue

Humans feel hungry when their empty stomachs contract and glucose levels in their body drop. Both of the situations stimulate neurons that send messages to the brain which are interpreted as hunger. What body systems are involved in this process as described?

• digestive, muscular, integumentary, and respiratory

• digestive, excretory, integumentary, and skeletal

• circulatory, excretory, nervous, and skeletal

• circulatory, digestive, muscular, and nervous

Which system is responsible for the overall control of all the internal processes that occur in the body?

• muscular system

• nervous system

• digestive system

• skeletal system

The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.

• heart, brain, kidneys
• lungs, liver, stomach
• brain, spinal cord, nerves
• eyes, pancreas, veins

bundle of wire-like nerves threaded through the backbones, through which electrical messages travel between the brain and body.

• neurons
• spinal cord
• spaghetti
• brain

Without the nervous system, you couldn't

• walk

• breathe

• think

• all of the above

The brain is the ______ ______ of the body.

• nervous center
• nueropathy
• control center
• extension

The red part of the picture shows the ________ which is part of the nervous system.

• brain
• spinal cord
• peripheral nerves
• neurons

What makes up the Central Nervous System?

• Blood and Heart

• Spinal Cord

• Nerves

• Brain and Spinal Cord