Nervous System Review

Nervous System Review

Multiple Choice

Which system is the "control center" of the human body?

• skeletal

• nervous

• muscular

Multiple Choice

The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.

• heart, brain, kidneys

• brain, spinal cord, nerves

• lungs, liver, stomach

• eyes, pancreas, veins

Brain

• the control center of your body

• send and receives signals to and from your nerves

• controls all the organs

Spinal Cord

• Connects your brain to the rest of your nerves in your body

• Can cause paralysis if it's damaged

• 
  

Nerves

• sense your internal and external surroundings

• communicate information between your brain, spinal cord, and muscles

• control your voluntary and involuntary muscle movement

Multiple Choice

What does the nervous system do?

• Pumps blood from your heart to your body

• Breaks up food

• Carries messages back and forth between your brand and the rest of your body

• secretes hormones

Multiple Choice

An injury to the spinal cord can lead to paralysis.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The _____ controls all the other organs, and processes all the information.

• nerves

• brain

• spinal cord

Multiple Choice

In what way does the nervous system receive help from the skeletal system?

• protects the lungs

• protects the brain and spinal cord

• protects the heart

• protects the esophagus and stomach