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Nervous System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the main function of the nervous system?
a)
clean waste from the cells
b)
absorb nutrients for energy
c)
deliver messages to the brain
2.
What are the three (3) main parts of the nervous system?
a)
cerebellum, cerebrum, medulla
b)
cochlea, nerves, vestibule
c)
brain, spinal cord, nerves
3.
The bony structure that protects the brain.
a)
Back bone 
b)
Teeth 
c)
Skull
d)
Helmet 
4.
What type of cell gathers and carries information?
a)
Nerve Ending
b)
Sense Organ
c)
Sensory Cell
d)
Nerve Cell
5.
What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of?
a)
brain and spinal cord
b)
brain and cranial nerves
c)
spinal cord and spinal nerves
d)
cranial nerves and spinal nerves
6.

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

a)

Red Blood Cell-RBC

b)

White Blood Cell-WBC

c)

Neuron

d)

Tissue

7.

The brain has 3 major sections that send and receive signals to control all the activities that keep a person functioning efficiently. Which major section controls breathing and heart beat?

a)

cerebellum

b)

cerebrum

c)

brain stem

d)

cortex

8.

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

a)

nerves

b)

neuron

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

9.

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

a)

spinal cord

b)

medulla

c)

neuron

d)

vertebrae

10.

Protective bones which surround and protect the spinal cord.

a)

vertebrae

b)

brain

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

11.

The largest part of your brain

a)

medulla

b)

cerebrum

c)

cerebellum

d)

neuron

12.

This part of the brain processes sensory information

a)

cerebellum

b)

cerebrum

c)

medulla

d)

nerves

13.

The part of the brain that controls involuntary processes

a)

medulla

b)

cerebrum

c)

cerebellum

d)

spinal cord

14.

Actions which are NOT under your control

a)

voluntary

b)

involuntary

c)

vertebrae

d)

brain

15.

Actions which are under your control

a)

involuntary

b)

voluntary

c)

brain

d)

vertebrae

16.

The part of the brain in charge of involuntary actions such as breathing and heartbeat.

a)

cerebrum

b)

medulla

c)

cerebellum

d)

neuron

17.

The part of the brain in charge of thinking and memory.

a)

cerebrum

b)

medulla

c)

cerebellum

d)

neuron

18.

Any change in the environment

a)

Stimulus

b)

Receptor

c)

Effector

d)

Impulse

19.

Action under the control of spinal cord.

a)

Impulse

b)

Reflex action

c)

Effector

d)

Receptor

20.

The pathway impulse takes in reflex action

a)

Reflex action

b)

Effector

c)

Response

d)

Reflex arc