Neurology

Which part of your brain coordinates movement and balance?

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

Which part of your brain is an extension of the spinal cord and is located in the base of the brain? Hint: It receives and relays information from the face, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue and is also responsible for keeping our heart beating and our breathing (involuntary motion)

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

Nerves are made up of millions of cells called...

• Neurons

• Axions

• Dendrites

• Synapses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The branches of a neuron pass on messages by releasing chemicals over small spaces between axions and dendrites called...

• Synapses

• Dendrites

• Nerves

• Neurons

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The _____ makes sense of the information that traveled through the spinal cord and sends the instructions back down to the spinal cord.

• Sensory Nerves

• Spinal Cord

• Neurons

• Brain

The four main parts of the nervous system are...

• brain

  sensory organs

  eyes

  hands

• brain

  spinal cord

  sensory organs

  nerves

• brain

  heart

  lungs

  nerves

• brain

  brain stem

  nerves

  stomach

The brainstem helps regulate - select ALL that apply

• heart rate

• breathing

• digestion

• sleep cycle

Translate the term Neurologist

• Study of the nervous system

• A person who specializes in the nervous system

• Abnormal condition of the nerves

• Nerve disease

Translate the term Neuropathy

• Study of the nervous system

• A person who specializes in the nervous system

• Abnormal condition of the nerves

• Nerve disease

I am made up of a million nerves, and can revise and relay information like the brain stem,
But I can process information from all areas of the body, which the brainstem can't.

• Cerebrum

• Spinal Cord

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem