Nervous System

The Brain is made of a large mass of

• Muscular Tissue

• Neurons

• Red Blood Cells

• While Blood Cells

• Glands

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Which brain structure is responsible for balance and is involved with movement?

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Medulla

Which brain structure controls all involuntary processes such as breathing, heartbeat, peristalsis

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Medulla

Which brain structure controls all voluntary activities and is responsible for thought, memory, emotions, and reasoning?

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Medulla

Neuron

• a nerve cell with a unique structure for receiving and passing on information

• a signal that causes an animal to react in some way

• found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate

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Sensory Neurons

• the animal’s reaction to the stimulus

• nerve cells that detect stimuli

• nerve cells that carry response information to muscles and other organs

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Motor neurons

• the animal’s reaction to the stimulus

• found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate

• nerve cells that detect stimuli

• nerve cells that carry response information to muscles and other organs

Consists of your brain and spinal cord

• medulla

• cerebrum

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

• nerves

• neuron

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

A bundle of nerves that go to and from the brain.

• spinal cord

• medulla

• neuron

• vertebrae