Nervous System Quiz

The brain is the central control center, receiving sensory information from the spinal cord and nerves, and directing all bodily functions.

The spinal cord acts as a communication highway, transferring sensory information from the body to the brain and vice versa.

Nerves are bundles of specialized cells called neurons that transmit electrical impulses, carrying messages throughout the body.

The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for higher-level functions such as thinking, reasoning, memory, and language.

The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating movements, balance, and posture. It ensures smooth and coordinated actions.

The brain stem controls essential functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, keeping us alive!

The frontal lobe is responsible for planning, reasoning, and motor control, allowing us to perform voluntary movements.

The parietal lobe processes sensory information from the body, such as touch, taste, temperature, and pain.

Part of the brain responsible for coordinating movement, balance, and muscle memory.

The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher-level functions like thinking, learning, memory, and language.

A bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebrum, allowing them to communicate.

A relay center for sensory information (except smell) that travels to the cerebrum.

A region below the thalamus that regulates essential functions like sleep, hunger, thirst, body temperature, and homeostasis.

The part of the brain that connects the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord, controlling vital functions like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.

A region of the brain stem that relays information between the cerebellum and cerebrum, and helps with motor control.

The lowest part of the brain stem, responsible for controlling vital functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.

Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord, responsible for vital functions like heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure.

The main pathway for communication between the brain and the rest of the body.

The central part of a neuron, containing the nucleus and other structures.

The control center of the cell, responsible for producing messages sent to the central nervous system.

Branch-like extensions of a neuron that receive nerve impulses and send them to the cell body.

Long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Transmit impulses to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

The junction between a neuron and another neuron, muscle, or gland.

Transmit information about stimuli to the brain.

Transmit information from the brain to muscles and glands.

Connect sensory and motor neurons, located only in the spinal cord and brain.

Messages taken in by the body that inform the nervous system about what's going on, both inside and outside the body.

Messages sent from the brain to control activities.

The junction where two neurons meet. It allows communication between neurons through neurotransmitters.

A specialized cell that transmits nerve impulses, carrying messages throughout the nervous system.

Long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

A stimulus is something that can be detected by a sensory neuron. It can be anything from light to sound to touch.

Receptors interact with the external environment acting as sensors for different stimuli, enabling us to experience the world through our senses.

The five senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

The control center for the entire body, consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

The network of nerves that extend throughout the body, connecting the CNS to the rest of the body.

The part of the PNS that helps the body adjust to the external environment, including 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves.

The part of the PNS that regulates the body's internal environment, maintaining homeostasis.

A hormone that prepares the body for immediate action, sometimes called "fight-or-flight".

The process by which nerve impulses are transmitted from one neuron to another through a series of chemical events.

The part of a neuron that receives impulses and transports them to the cell body and then the axon.