Review: Controlling Processes

What type of nervous system is made up if the brain and spinal cord which controls most of the functions of the body and mind?

What carries the message from one neuron to another

All of the following are parts of the nervous system EXCEPT:

• Nerves

• Brain

• Muscles

• Spinal Cord

What system is our body’s communication network?

• Nervous

• Muscular

• Digestive

• Skeletal

The message carried is the nerve impulse, which is transmitted to nearby cells. What is the space where one neuron can transmit the impulse to another neuron called?

• peripheral
• stimuli
• synapse
• signal

This response is automatic and occurs without a conscious thought. What is this response an example of?

• A. reflex
• B. instinct
• C. synapse
• D. neuron

Rosa hit her elbow on a cabinet and felt a tingling in her arm. The tingling settled down after a few minutes. She knew it was a nerve she had hit, so she looked at a diagram to see where the nerves were located. She also looked at the other major parts of the nervous system. 

What label should be for A?

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• Peripheral Nerves

• Somatic Nerves

What label should be for B?

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• Peripheral Nerves

• Somatic Nerves

What label should be for C?

• Brain

• Spinal cord

• Peripheral Nerves

• Somatic Nerves

Each spinal nerve has axons of sensory and motor neurons. The peripheral nervous system has 43 nerves and connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body.

The ______a.)______________ controls actions such as texting or kicking a ball, while the _______b.)_____________ controls actions such as digestion and rate of breathing.

• a. neurons, b. autonomic NS

• a. spinal cord: b. somatic NS

• a. Somatic NS: b. Autonomic NS

• a. Neurons: b. Spinal cord