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What is a group of similar cells working together to do a specific job?
tissue
True/False: The brain is an organ of the body.
True
Which sensory nerve enables you to hear?
auditory nerve
How much sleep do children between the ages of five and twelve need each night?
10-11 hours
What is anatomy?
The study of the structure and parts of the body
What two things does the central nervous system consist of?
Brain and spinal cord
What kind of nerve is the olfactory nerve, and what does it do?
sensory nerve
sends odor messages to the brain
(Think O for "olfactory" and O for "odor.")
What is health?
the complete well-being of a person
What part of the brain controls the process of thinking and the senses?
cerebrum
Of what does the peripheral nervous system consist?
Nerves which branch out from the brain and spinal cord
Which part of the brain controls the coordination of voluntary muscles?
cerebellum
(Think about voluntarily ringing a bell.)
Which part of the brain controls involuntary functions such as breathing?
brain stem
Think of breathing in the smell of a flower on a stem.