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WorksheetsNervous System
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Central Nervous System is composed of:
Spinal cord and Brain
Peripheral nerves and lumbar spine
Somatic and Autonomic nervous system
Afferent and Efferent Nerves
Dendrites carry impulses:
Toward the cell body
Away from the cell body
To the extremities
To the spine
The area between a dendrite and another neuron where impulses jump to carry impulse to correct destination is called:
Brain
Myelin Sheath
Synapse
Axon
The thick, tough outer layer of the meninges is:
Arachnoid
Pia Mater
Dura Mater
Symptoms of a severe headache, stiff neck and nonblanching rash are consistent with:
Flu
Meningitis
Migraines
ALS
This area of the brain controls respirations, heart rate and is responsible for the vomiting reflex:
Medulla Oblongata
Pons
Midbrain
Frontal Lobe
The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex controls what part of the body?
Right
Left
Afferent (Sensory) nerves carry messages FROM the brain/ spinal cord to muscles and glands.
True
False
If there is damage to the cerebellum, which type of deficit would you expect to see?
Hearing severely compromised
Unable to walk/run
Vision severely compromised
Uncontrollable crying/emotions
If there is severe damage to the brain stem, this could lead to coma or death.
True
False
8. If a stroke has occurred and the patients’ vision is impaired, which lobe was affected by the stroke?
Frontal
Parietal
Brain Stem
Occipital
Efferent ( Motor) Neurons carry messages FROM the brain/ spinal cord to the muscles and glands.
False
True
What are the functions of the cerebral spinal fluid?
Carries motor impulses to the brain
Keeps you hydrated
Cushion and carries nutrients/ wastes
Helps with equilibrium
This clear fluid cushions the brain and spinal cord
Plasma
Cerebral spinal fluid
Blood
What part of Einstein's brain was larger than normal people?
parietal
cerebellum
occipital
temporal
What are the ridges of the brain called?
Gyri
Parietal
Neurons
Sulci
What are the folds of the brain called? They allow for more nerve cells.
Gyri
Sulci
Frontal
brain stem
Chemicals at the end of each axon that allows impulses to pass from one neuron to another.
synapse
axon
myelin sheath
neurotransmitters
Fatty covering around axons that helps increase the rate in which impulses are carried.
myelin sheath
axons
dendrites
cell body
