Body systems
A living thing.
What are the four parts of the nervous system?
Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and receptors.
What animal has the largest brain compared to its body?
Humans.
What protects your brain?
The skull.
The left side of your brain controls the __________ side of your body and the right side of your brain controls the ____________ of your body.
right and left.
What are body systems?
A group of organs that work together to perform a function.
what are the two main sections of the nervous system?
The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
How much of your brain do you use?
100%
Yes.
What is the brain stem responsible for?
breathing and heart rate.
What is an organ?
A body part that performs a specific function in the body.
what parts make up the central nervous system.
The brain and spinal cord.
The "ruler drop" is a test of your _____________.
Reaction time.
Who has more brain cells a child or an adult.
They have the same amount of brain cells.
what is the frontal lobe responsible for?
higher level thinking.
What is the nervous system?
The body system made up of the brain, spinal cord, receptors, and nerves.
what parts make up the peripheral nervous system.
The nerves and receptors.
To store large amounts of information, your brain tissue is ________________.
folded.
How active is your brain when you sleep?
Just as active as when you are awake.
what is the temporal lobe responsible for?
memory.
What are the four main functions of the nervous system?
1. The nervous system uses your 5 senses to collect information.
2. coordinate muscle movement and balance.
3. remember, interpret, and process information.
4. monitors bodily functions such as breathing, heart rate, and digesting food.
What are the three main steps for how the nervous system works?
Sensory input, integration, and motor output.
What are the four types of memory?
Short-term, long-term, ancestral, and eidetic memory.
What does your brain control?
muscle coordination, remembering, processing, analyzing, and interpreting information.
What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
sight/seeing.