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Nervous System

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Function(s) of the Nervous System

a)

Senses

b)

Supporting Body Mass

c)

Provides body shape

d)

Controls heartrate

2.

Click the lobe(s) of the brain.

a)

Parietal

b)

Occipital

c)

Temporal

d)

Frontal

3.

What is the name of a nervous system cell?

a)

Neuron

b)

White Blood Cell

c)

Paramecia

d)

Nervy

4.

Spina Bifida

a)

Spinal Cord is exposed at birth

b)

Mylein Sheath of nerve cells begins to die

c)

Spread by ticks

d)

Affects infants

5.

Epilepsy

a)

Cannot not be controlled by medication

b)

Increased Electrical Activity in the Brain

c)

Systems include seizures

d)

Blood flow to the brain stops.

6.

Choose parts of the neuron.

a)

dendrites

b)

axon

c)

terminals

d)

nucleus

7.

Where is the short cut in pain reflex action?

a)

At the muscle

b)

At the site of pain

c)

spinal cord

d)

There is no short cut. Pain messages must first be received in the brain.

8.

True or False

You can replace brain cells.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which part of the CNS coordinates muscle movements?

a)

cerebrum

b)

cerebellum

c)

medulla

d)

thalamus

10.

Which part of the cerebrum controls emotions?

a)

Blue

b)

yellow

c)

green

d)

pink

11.

Which lobe transcribes messages from the ear?

a)

blue

b)

yellow

c)

green

d)

pink

12.

This is a

a)

squid

b)

neuron

c)

brain cell

d)

a body part that communicates with chemical signals

13.

Which part of the ear maintains balance when it works with the cerebellum?

a)

hammer, anvil, and stirrup

b)

eardrum

c)

eustachian tube

d)

semicircular canals

14.

Which lobe of the brain transmits visual signals?

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

15.

Which lobe of the brain was damaged in Phineas Gage

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

16.

Light enters through the _______in your eye.

a)

lens

b)

pupil

c)

retina

d)

cone

17.

Which part of the eye focuses light to the back of the retina?

a)

cone

b)

rod

c)

lens

d)

optical nerve

18.

The _________is the colorful muscle of the eye that can widen and shrink the pupil

a)

retina

b)

cornea

c)

iris

d)

optical nerve

19.

Which part(s) of the ear do not transmit sound signals?

a)

3 small bones

b)

eardrum

c)

auditory canal

d)

semicircular canals

20.

What are the functions of the medulla?

a)

control heartrate

b)

control digestion

c)

control emotions

d)

eye sight

21.

communicates between the CNS and PNS

a)

spinal cord

b)

medulla

c)

Pam Receptor

d)

your hands