Nervous System Test

True or False: the right side of the brain controls the right side of your body, while the left side of the brain controls the left side of your body.

• True

• False

What kind of neuron carries information from our eyes to our brain?

• Motor neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Nerve

• Spinal neuron

What is the part highlighted in red?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

• Diencephalon

Which part of the nervous system can help calm someone down after an emergency has occurred?

• afferent division

• sympathetic division

• somatic division

• parasympathetic division

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The nervous system is primarily made up of

• neurons

• gray matter

• myelin

• neuroglia

If these cells were very active, it would likely indicate an infection in the CNS

• oligodendrocytes

• satellite cells

• microglia

• ependymal

Neuroglia that maintain cerebrospinal fluid are called

• ependymal cells

• schwann cells

• astrocytes

• oligodendrocytes

The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system is also known as the _______ division.

• afferent

• efferent

Which is not true about the cerebral cortex?

• made of gray matter

• made of myelintated axons

• made of cell bodies and dendrites

• controls conscious activities

Which lobe of the brain controls visual processing?

• Parietal

• Frontal

• Occipital

• Temporal