Central Nervous System
The control point of the central nervous system whose primary function is to process and relay information.
A. Spinal Cord
B. Cerebrum
C. Cerebellum
D. Brain
D: Brain
Type of neuron that carries impulses from the sense organs to the spinal cord and brain.
A. Sensory Neurons
B. Motor Neurons
C. Terminal Neurons
D. Interneurons
A: Sensory Neurons
Lobe of the brain that is responsible for reading and speech.
A. Parietal Lobe
b. Frontal Lobe
C. Temporal Lobe
D. Occipital Lobe
A: Parietal Lobe
Electrical Signals that carry messages throughout the nervous system are known as
A. Myelin Sheath
B. Neurotransmitters
C. Impulses
D. Axons
C: Impulses
The lobe of the brain responsible for vision.
A. Frontal Lobe
B. Parietal Lobe
C. Temporal Lobe
D. Occipital Lobe
D: Occipital Lobe
Controls voluntary activities of the body. Thinking, reasoning, and memory occur here.
A. Cerebellum
B. Medulla
C. Cerebrum
D. Corpus Callosum
C: Cerebrum
Short, branched extensions that spread out from the cell body. Receive impulses from other neurons and carry impulses to the cell body.
A. Axon
B. Dendrites
C. Synapse
D. Myelin Sheath
B: Dendrites
Lobe of the brain the regulates hearing and smell.
A. Occipital Lobe
B. Temporal Lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Parietal Lobe
B: Temporal Lobe
Long fiber that carries impulses away from the cell body.
A. Dendrites
B. Neurotransmitter
C. Axon
D. Synapse
C: Axon
Lobe of the brain where consequences are evaluated, judgments are made, and plans are formed.
A. Parietal Lobe
B. Frontal Lobe
C. Temporal Lobe
D. Occipital Lobe
B: Frontal Lobe
Coordinates and balances the actions of muscles.
A. Cerebrum
B. Medulla
C. Cerebellum
D. Hypothalamus
C: Cerebellum
Chemicals that transmit an impulse across a synapse to another cell.
A. Neurotransmitter
B. Synapse
C. Dendrites
D. Axons
A: Neurotransmitter
A large cluster of neurons and other cells. Is the main communication link between the brain and the rest of the body.
A. Spinal Cord
B. Brain
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Brain Stem
A: Spinal Cord
Fatty membrane that insulates the axon and allows impulses to travel faster down the neuron.
A. Neurotransmitter
B. Axon Terminal
C. Myelin Sheath
D. Cytoplasm
C: Myelin Sheath
A quick automatic response to a stimulus.
A. Spinal Cord
B. Reflex
C. Autonomic Nervous System
D. Neuron
*For double the points give an example.
B: Reflex
Example: Pulling your hand back quickly when pricked by a pin.
Example: Pulling your hand back quickly after touching something hot.
Controls involuntary activities such as breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure.
A. Cerebrum
B. Medulla
C. Pons
D. Frontal Lobe
B: Medulla
The point where a neuron transfers an impulse to another cell (the space between neurons).
A. Threshold
B. Neurotransmitter
C. Synapse
D. Axon
C: Synapse
A band of tissue that connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
A. Cerebrum
B. Brain Stem
C. Corpus Callosum
D. Thalamus
C: Corpus Callosum
Type of neuron that processes information from sensory neurons and then sends commands to motor neurons.
A. Cranial Neuron
B. Spinal Neuron
C. Central Neuron
D. Interneuron
D: Interneuron
Controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, and body temperature.
A. Thalamus
B. Hypothalamus
C. Brain Stem
D. Medulla
B: Hypothalamus
Receives and relays messages from sense organs.
A. Hypothalamus
B. Brain Stem
C. Thalamus
D. Cerebellum
C: Thalamus
Describe how the nervous system would function if neurons did not have a myelin sheath.
Reaction times would be much slower as messages would not get from the brain to muscles and glands in a timely manner.
Regulates the flow of information between the brain and the rest of the body.
A. Cerebrum
B. Cerebellum
C. Corpus Callosum
D. Brain Stem
D: Brain Stem
The parts of a neuron are listed below but are not in order. Place the parts in order from where an impulse first enters a neuron to where it exits.
Axon, Cell body, Dendrites, Axon Terminal, Synapse
1. Dendrites
2. Cell Body
3. Axon
4. Axon Terminal
5. Synapse
Which sides of the body does each hemisphere of the brain control?
Right Hemisphere: Controls the left side of the body.
left Hemisphere: Controls the right side of the body.