Year 10 Forensic Psychology Brain and NS

The nervous system_________

• receives information about what is going on in your body as well as what is going on around you. 
• tells your body how to react to the information it receives. 
• helps your body maintain homeostasis. 
• all of the above.

Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull. 
• The brain and the body.
• The spinal cord and the brain.
• The spinal cord and the body. 

What is "homeostasis"?

• The body's ability to react to a stimuli. 
• The body's ability to keep everything inside it in balance. 

What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

• The brain and spinal cord. 
• The central nervous system and the skeletal system. 
• The central and peripheral nervous systems. 

A bundle of nerve tissue that links the brain to the nerves in peripheral nerve system is called the________________

• brain stem. 
• central nervous system. 
• spinal cord. 

What are different "halves" of your brain called?

• cerebellum
• cerebrum
• hemispheres
• brain stem

The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Autonomic
• Peripheral

Chemicals in the neuron that help send messages

• dendrites
• neurotransmitters
• axon terminals
• vesicles

What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

• axons
• sensory receptors
• spinal cord
• motor neurons

increased heart rate

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

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