N5 2.2 Control & Communication (Nervous System)

Label the Brain Structures

a

b

c

Cerebellum

Medulla

Cerebrum

Which part of the brain controls memory, personality, and conscious thought (reasoning, intelligence and imagination).​ (a)  

• cerebrum
• cerebellum
• medulla

Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination. ​ (a)  

• cerebellum
• medulla
• cerebrum

Which part of the brain controls heart rate and breathing rate?

Reorder the following to show the order a nerve impulse travels from receiving a stimulus, to carrying out a response.

• receptor

• motor neuron

• sensory neuron

• interneuron

• effector

Which type of neuron carries messages from the receptors to the central nervous system?

• sensory neuron

• motor neuron

• interneuron

Which type of neuron carries messages from the central nervous system to effectors?

• sensory neuron

• motor neuron

• interneuron

How do messages travel along a neuron?

• electrical impulse

• chemical message

​ (a)   detect changes in the environment and send information to a sensory neuron?

• synapse
• effector
• receptors
• interneuron

What is a synapse?

• An electrical impulse

• A gap between two neurons

• A part of the brain that controls balance and coordination

• A cell that helps speed up messages along neurons