Overview of the Nervous System and Basic Terminology

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: The organ system that that senses, process and responses the information it gets in that order.

• Nervous System

• Homeostasis

• Neurons

• Immune System

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: The organ system that defends the body against infection.

• Nervous System

• Homeostasis

• Neurons

• Immune System

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: The processes in the body that allow for the internal environment to remain constant even if the external environment.

• Nervous System

• Homeostasis

• Neurons

• Immune System

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: A nerve cell, the basic unit of the nervous system that transfers information around the body.

• Nervous System

• Homeostasis

• Neurons

• Immune System

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: The main control centre for the entire nervous system, it contains the brain and the spinal cord.

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Central Nervous System (CNS)

• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

True/False: the peripheral nervous system contains the organs that processes all of the signals they have received from the rest of the body

• True

• False

True/False: a nerve is made up of many neurons bound together.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: Parts of the nervous system that sends an electrical signal through your sensory neurons to the control centre. This part of the nervous system "senses".

• Sensory Receptors

• Sensory Neurons

• Effectors

• Motor Neurons

• Response

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: Parts of the nervous system transfers an electrical signal from the sensory receptors to the control centre.

• Sensory Receptors

• Sensory Neurons

• Effectors

• Motor Neurons

• Response

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which term matches the following definition.

Definition: Parts of the nervous system transfers an electrical signal from the control centre to the effector.

• Sensory Receptors

• Sensory Neurons

• Effectors

• Motor Neurons

• Response