Main Parts
There are two main parts of the Nervous System, the most important organ is...
What is the brain?
These are cells that carry messages throughout the body.
What are neurons?
Neurotransmitters
What are messages being chemically passed through neurons?
The largest part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
Besides the brain, the other important part of the Nervous System is...
What is the spinal cord?
Describe one of the three types of neurons:
- Sensory Neurons
- Motor Neurons
- Interneurons
Answer varies
Impulse
What is a message?
The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The brain and spinal cord belong to the _____________________, or otherwise known as the CNS.
What is the central nervous system?
The _____________________ receive messages from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
Give an example of an involuntary nervous system response.
Answer varies.
The part of the brain that controls basic life functions.
What is the brainstem?
All the nerves that are outside the CNS, are inside the _______________________________, or otherwise known as the PNS.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
The ___________________ is the gap between two neurons where messages are passed using neurotransmitters.
What are synapses?
Give an example of a voluntary nervous system response.
Answer varies.
The part of the brain that controls emotions and movement.
What is the cerebrum?
The _________________ includes sensory or motor neurons.
What is the PNS or Peripheral Nervous System?
The _____________ sends messages away from the neuron to other cells.
What is the axon?
Stimuli
What is a response to change in an environment that is detected by a receptor?
The part of the brain the controls heartbeat.
What is the brainstem?