Brain
This part of the brain controls the right side of the body.
What is the left side of the brain?
What bone(s) protect the spinal cord?
What is vertebrae?
True or False: Some nerves can be 3 feet long
True
Name the five senses
What are smell, touch, sight, sound, taste?
A bruise to the brain
What is a Concussion?
True or False: WEARING A SEATBELT CAN HELP PREVENT BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY.
True
An injury to the spinal cord causes
What is paralysis?
Involves Involuntary Responses such as heartbeat, breathing, blinking
What is Autonomic Nervous System?
Contains the smallest bones in the body
What is the ear?
Name the 3 functions of the nervous system
What are to receive information, respond to information and maintain homeostasis?
What part of the brain controls balance, posture and muscle coordination?
What is the cerebellum?
This attaches the brain to the spinal cord
What is the brain stem?
What is a stimulus? What is a response?
What is any change in the environment; what your body does in reaction to a stimulus?
Only 1/6th of this organ is visible
What is the eye?
An action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
What is a reflex?
What is the largest part of the brain?
What is the cerebrum?
Name the 2 divisions of nervous system
What is central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
Conscious control of skeletal muscles
What is Somatic Nervous system?
All 5 of our senses are found in this part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
Name the 5 sections of the vertebrae
What is the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum and Coccyx?
Name the four lobes of the brain
What are Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital?
Communication of the Peripheral Nervous System is by way of
What is Spinal Cord?
Name the 3 types Neurons
What are Motor Neuron, Sensory Neurons, Interneurons?
Name the 2 divisions of the Peripheral nervous system
What are the Autonomic and Somatic?
Another name for nerve cell is . . .
What is a neuron?