The organization of the nervous system

The __ nervous system carries impulses from the central nervous system to the heart and other organs.

• cerebral

• somatic

• muscular

• autonomic

What is the large brain structure just below the skull?

• medulla oblongata

• pons

• hypothalamus

• cerebrum

What could cause a person with brain cancer to have lost balance and decreased coordination?

• cancer has damaged hypothalamus

• cancer has damaged pons

• cancer has damaged pons and hypothalamus

• cancer has damaged cerebellum

All reflex signals must go to the brain.

• True

• False

The ​ (a)   regulates body temperature, thirst, appetite, and water balance.

• Hypothalamus
• cerebellum
• cerebrum

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Formulate a situation in which your sympathetic nervous system would be active.

Answer explanation

Student answers will vary but might include a situation in which a person is frightened, such as watching a scary movie

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consists of the brain and spinal cord and coordinates all of the body’s activities

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

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largest part of the brain; is divided into two hemispheres and carries out higher thought processes involved with language, learning, memory, and voluntary body movements

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

consists of sensory and motor neurons that transmit information to and from the central nervous system

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

part of the brain stem that helps control blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing rate

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

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