Nervous System Quiz

Which function is associated with the nervous system?

• Red blood cells creating new blood cells

• Joints helping connect the bones

• Receiving information from the brain

• Food digesting through the stomach

1. A student waits for the bell to ring, so he can go home for the weekend. The list shows different ways the student’s brain processes information during the event, in no particular order.

Which of the following lists the correct order of how the student’s brain receives information from the first event of the alarm bell ringing to the last event of the student walking out the door?

• 2, 1, 3

• 1, 3, 2

• 3, 1, 2

• 1, 2, 3

Is breathing a voluntary or involuntary action?

• Voluntary, because you have to think about when to take a breath.

• Voluntary, because you have to open your mouth to breathe.

• Involuntary, because the brain stem sends signals to your brain to breathe.

• Involuntary, because the lungs tell the brain when to inflate and deflate.

What are some of the roles of the central nervous system? Select all correct answers.

• Receives information from outside the body through the senses

• Controls heart rate

• Helps fight infection from pathogens

• Reacts to the environment by activating an appropriate response

Explain how Anna’s nervous system worked to sense, process, and respond to stimuli. Make sure you include the main functions of the nervous system that Anna uses to capture the butterfly as well as identifying the stimulus and the response.

• Anna's nervous system senses stimuli, processes information, and responds by capturing the butterfly.

• Anna's nervous system only senses stimuli but does not respond.

• Anna's nervous system responds without processing information.

• Anna's nervous system processes information but does not sense stimuli.

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Identify the functions of the nervous system related to the action of checking knee reflexes and the structures that are and are not involved.

• The nervous system functions include sensory input, integration, and motor output, involving the spinal cord and peripheral nerves, but not the brain.

• The nervous system functions include only sensory input and motor output, involving the brain and spinal cord, but not peripheral nerves.

• The nervous system functions include integration and motor output, involving only the brain, but not the spinal cord or peripheral nerves.

• The nervous system functions include sensory input, integration, and motor output, involving the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.

What is the function of the nervous system.

• provide nutrients for the body.
• send and recieve messages
• circulate oxygen to sells
• remove carbon dioxide from blood

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Select all that apply: The function of the nervous system is to control

• voluntary movement

• our senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste..)

• our memories and thoughts

• Involuntary actions likes breathing and heart beat

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