SACC Biology Quiz - Coordination and Control

As organisms get more complex, cells become specialized to perform specific functions in the body. What is the function for the cell shown?

• contract and shorten movement

• connects parts together

• carry impulses around the body

• provide coverage and protection

Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

• Gametes

• Neuron

• Blood cells

• Muscle cells

A bundle of nerves that runs along the back of a vertebrate within the spinal column

• Brain Stem

• Dendrites

• Spinal cord

• Stimulus

Which part of the brain is responsible for balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Medulla oblongata

• Hypothalamus

_______________ relays sensory information from all

parts of the body to the cerebral

cortex

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Kidney

• sensory neuron

A ___________ is an immediate response to a

specific stimulus without conscious control.

• reflex arc

• motor neuron

• reflex action

• sensory organ

_____ controls your heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure and digestion

• Cerebrum

• Brain Stem

• Rib cage

• Brain

A simple reflex arc consists of the following except

• Motor or effector neurone

• Effector/receptor

• reflex center

• Cranium

All animals have a central nervous system

• True

• False

The following is a list of stimuli invertebrates respond to. Tick all boxes in which Invertebrates respond to.

• light

• temperature

• moisture

• chemical signals

• sound