WorksheetsNervous System
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a Neuron?
A cell
A transmitter to transmit messages to cells
A receiver for information
a gland
What is the largest part of the brain?
Brain stem
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Dura mater
What does the axon carry?
Impulses away from the cell body
Impulses to the cell body
chemicals
messages
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
(a)
What is the inner most layer of the brain?
Arachnoid
Dura mater
Pia matr
Cerebellum
What do the motor neurons do?
carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain
carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons
store messages
What does the cerebrospinal fluid transport?
messages
nutrients
minerals
waste products
What part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, judgement, memory, reasoning and will power?
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
Cerebrum
Thalamus
Symptoms include: Tremor and Shuffling gait
Parkinson's Disease
Cushing's syndrome
Polio
Aphasia
Excess hormone production that causes moon face and buffalo hump
Huntington's disease
GBS
Cushing's syndrome
TBI
FIGHT OR FLIGHT:
decreases heart rate
increase heart rate
reverses symptoms
makes you fly
Symptoms include: Double vision, Balance problems, caused by immune system eating away at protective nerve covering
Multiple Sclerosis
Concussion
Meningitis
Encephalitis
What is paralyzed with paraplegia
(a)
Spinal cord injury symptoms include:
Inability to move
Progressive memory loss
Respiratory distress
Convulsions
What does the brain stem do?
provides the pathway for ascending and descending tracts
pathway for only descending tracts
provides structure
pathway only for ascending tracts
What hormone increase our heart rate
(a)
Neurological disorder marked by reoccurrence of episodes or a sensory disturbance.
Epilepsy
Concussion
Traumatic Brain Injury
ALS
What nerves does the peripheral nervous system contain along the spinal cord?
Crainial
Sensory
Motor
Spinal
What part of the brain controls respiration?
(a)
The medulla oblongata controls
vision and speech
hearing
heart rate and blood pressure
respiration
