NERVOUS SYSTEM
This system controls and coordinates the body's activities.
What is the nervous system?
This is the largest part of the brain and helps with thinking and memory.
What is the cerebrum?
This sense allows you to detect light and colors.
What is sight?
This colored part of the eye controls pupil size.
What is the iris?
This habit helps the brain and body rest and recover.
What is getting enough sleep?
These specialized cells carry messages through the nervous system.
What are neurons?
This part of the brain helps control balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This sense uses receptors in the tongue to detect flavors.
What is taste?
This part of the eye contains cells that detect light.
What is the retina?
Wearing this while cycling helps protect the head.
What is a helmet?
This organ is the control center of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
This part helps control breathing and heartbeat
What is the brain stem (especially the medulla oblongata)?
This sense helps you recognize odors.
What is smell?
This nerve carries visual information to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This habit protects your ears when music is playing through headphones.
What is keeping the volume at a safe level?
This structure carries messages between the brain and much of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
This bony structure protects the brain.
What is the skull?
This is the largest sense organ and detects touch, pressure, and temperature.
What is the skin?
These three tiny bones help transmit sound vibrations in the middle ear.
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
This practice helps prevent eye strain during extended screen use.
What is taking regular screen breaks?
These nerves carry information from sense organs toward the central nervous system.
What are sensory nerves?
These three protective membranes surround the brain and spinal cord.
What are the meninges?
These five senses help the body receive information from its surroundings.
What are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch?
This spiral-shaped inner-ear structure helps convert sound vibrations into nerve signals.
What is the cochlea?
These everyday habits support a healthy nervous system.
What are adequate sleep, nutritious meals, physical activity, and safety precautions?