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The CNS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which color represents the temporal lobe?

a)

Orange

b)

Blue

c)

Green

d)

Pink

2.

What coordinates voluntary muscle movements?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brainstem

d)

Spinal cord

3.

Which color is the occipital lobe?

a)

Orange

b)

Blue

c)

Green

d)

Pink

4.

Mary is getting a pedicure. She is feeling tickles and even a sharp pain from the cuticle remover. Which lobe processes sensory information?

a)

Temporal

b)

Frontal

c)

Occipital

d)

Parietal

5.

Which lobe processes visual information?

a)

Frontal

b)

Parietal

c)

Occipital

d)

Temporal

6.

Which are the three parts of the brainstem?

a)

Midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata

b)

Frontal, parietal, and temporal

c)

Thalamus, hypothalamus, and pineal gland

d)

Cerebrum, cerebellum, and diencephalon

7.

Which structure is represented in blue?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Occipital lobe

8.

The cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres, right and left. Which is NOT a characteristic of a right-brained dominant person?

a)

Creative

b)

Loves music

c)

Loves numbers

d)

Intuitive

9.

What would a left-brained dominant person be like?

a)

Messy and unorganized

b)

Remembers faces

c)

Logical and analytical

d)

Emotional

10.

Which structure is the connection between the CNS and the endocrine system? It also regulates vital functions such as heart rate and BP.

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pineal gland

c)

Thalamus

d)

Brainstem

11.

This structure is part of the diencephalon and serves as the sensory traffic controller. It routes all the incoming sensory information to the appropriate place.

a)

Thalamus

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Pineal gland

d)

Brainstem

12.

You are weighing the option of whether you should buy the green couch or the blue couch. The lobe that controls decision making is the:

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Occipital lobe

13.

What is the watery liquid that bathes the brain and spinal cord and helps protect them?

a)

CNS

b)

PNS

c)

CSF

d)

CPS

14.

Interpreting what is being heard is done through this lobe:

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Occipital lobe

15.

How much does the brain weigh?

a)

1 lb

b)

3 lbs

c)

5 lbs

d)

10 lbs