Anatomy High School Year End Review

The _______ send and receive messages from the brain.

• Nerves
• Spinal Cord
• Brain

The ________ is a rope-like bundle of nerves. It is also the main pathway for information.

• Nerves
• Spinal Cord
• Brain

The _____ controls all the other organs, and processes all the information. 

• Nerves
• Spinal Cord
• Brain

What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?

• brain and spinal cord
• brain and cranial nerves
• spinal cord and spinal nerves
• cranial nerves and spinal nerves

What are the 2 major divisions of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

• Sensory & Motor
• Peripheral & Central
• Somatic & Autonomic
• Brain & Spinal Cord

What is the main function of the nervous system?

• to inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

• to break down food consumed by a person for nutrients

• to control the body's activities by relaying messages

• to control the body's movements

What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

• Central and Lower nervous systems

• Central and Peripheral nervous systems

• Lower and Cerebral nervous systems

• Central and Muscular nervous systems

What are the three parts of the nervous system?

• brain, spinal cord, nerves

• brain, lungs, spinal cord

• heart, brain, nerves

• brain, nerves, neurons

A nerve cell is called a:

• neutron

• nerve

• neuron

• synapse

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The space between an axon of a neuron that is communicating with a dendrite of another neuron is called a ________________.

• Neuron

• Brain message

• Stimulus

• Synapse