Functions of the
Nervous System
How an Impulse Travels
The Brain
Nervous System Injuries
Preview: The Senses
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When you sense a fly buzzing around your face, your nervous system is performing this function.
What is receiving information?
100
This type of neuron receives information.
What is a sensory neuron?
100
This portion of the cerebrum is activated when recalling facts or when using math or logic.
What is the left hemisphere?
100
A concussion most resembles this common type of injury
What is a bruise?
100
This part of the body plays a role in both the respiratory and nervous systems.
What is the nose?
200
Your body's ability to maintain internal stability, including heart rate, sweating, and shivering.
What is homeostasis?
200
This type of neuron carries impulses to respond to information.
What is a motor neuron?
200
The brain and spinal cord are the main structures of this system.
What is the central nervous system?
200
This professional sports organization came under public scrutiny for its handling of concussions and questionable regard for player safety and health
What is the NFL?
200
The cornea, iris, and lens are major structures in this sensory organ
What is the eye?
300
Any change or signal in the evironment prompting an organism's response
What is a stimulus?
300
This part of the neuron receives nerve impulses
What are the dendrites?
300
Billions of this type of neuron can be found in the brain connecting sensory and motor neurons.
What is an interneuron?
300
This part of the neuron is unable to transmit messages after a spinal cord injury.
What is the axon?
300
Scientists use most of their senses in the lab, but this one is almost never recommended
What is taste?
400
Swatting a fly is an example of this nervous system function.
What is responding to information?
400
This part of the neuron carries nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons or to muscles and glands
What is the axon?
400
This part of the brain controls coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
400
This piece of protective equipment is not only necessary in football, but also during recreational activities like riding a bike or skateboarding
What is a helmet?
400
The blind use this sense to read
What is touch?
500
Your nervous system receives information from these two locations
What is the environment and inside the body?
500
The gap between axons and dendrites where nerve impulses are "ferried" across by chemicals
What is a synapse?
500
This part of the brain controls involuntary actions, like breathing and heart rate.
What is the brain stem?
500
The inability to move certain parts of the body, caused by the spinal cord being cut or crushed
What is paralysis?
500
The anvil, stirrup, and hammer can be found in this sensory organ
What is the ear?
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