GRADE 10 QUIZ. NERVOUS SYSTEM

The system of the body carries information to all parts of the body.

• Nervous system

• Spinal Cord

• Neuron

• Brain

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

• Dendrites

• Brain Stem

• Stimulus

• Spinal Cord

The part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities.

• Cerebrum

• Brain

• Cerebellum

• Spinal Cord

The part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, language, and memories.

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Brain stem

• Dendrites

A nerve cell.

• Neuron

• Dendrite

• Spinal Cord

• Brain

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The main control center in an animal body; part of the central nervous system.

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Brain Stem

• Nervous System

Connected to the spinal cord, controls heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, digestion.

• Nerves

• Dendrites

• Brain Stem

• Brain

Carry messages from body to brain from the brain to body.

• Nerves

• Brain

• Neuron

• Spinal Cord

Responds to information received from the outside environment and inside your body. For example, touching a hot stove is a stimulus.

• Nerves

• Stimulus

• Brain

• Dendrite

Branch-like extensions of the neuron that receive chemical messages and carry them to the cell body.

• Dendrites

• Nerves

• Neurons

• Spinal Cord

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