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  • What is the function of an axon?
    Sends information from brain to nerves
  • which is responsible for "fight or flight" response, sympathetic or parasympathetic?
    sympathetic
  • Name 2 examples of memorising
    learning the vocabulary, learning the lyrics of a song...
  • What is the letter d?
    axon
  • What part of the brain is orange?
    Frontal Lobe
  • What is the letter h?
    synapse
  • The nerves are distributed throughout the body. True or False?
    True
  • Name 3 organs of nervous system
    brain, spinal cord, nerves
  • Name 2 examples of thinking
    reading a novel, solving a math problem....
  • Name 5 senses of human
    Hearing, touch, vision (or sight), smell, taste
  • The autonomic nervous system is responsible for involuntary movement.
    true
  • What is the function of a dendrite?
    Pulls information in from the nerves/senses and sends it to the brain
  • What is the letter e?
    myelin sheath
  • What organs of nervous system are in this picture?
    brain and spinal cord and some nerves
  • The brain is inside and protected by the ________.
    skull
  • What organ(s) make(s) up the central nervous system?
    Brain and spinal cord
  • Which is responsible for "rest and digest" response, sympathetic or parasympathetic?
    parasympathetic
  • What is the letter a?
    dendrite
  • How many nerves each human has?
    7 trillion
  • The spinal cord lies within the _____.
    spine
  • The spinal cord is distributed throughout the body. True or False?
    False
  • What are the 2 main categories of the nervous system?
    Central and peripheral
  • What is the letter c?
    nucleus
  • What is the purpose of the "fight or flight" response?
    Gets the body ready to run from or fight off danger
  • What part of the brain is red?
    occipital lobe
  • What part of the brain is light blue?
    motor cortex
  • The brain controls almost all of the activities of the body such as moving, (1)________, (2)________, (3)___________.
    sensing, thinking, memorising
  • Which lobe of the brain is responsible for problem-solving?
    Frontal
  • Name 4 functions of the brain
    Memorising, thinking, moving, sensing
  • What is the letter b?
    cell body
  • What's the difference between a reflex and reaction?
    reflex is involuntary, automatic/ reaction is voluntary, on purpose
  • Which lobe of the brain is responsible for vision?
    Occipital
  • What part of the brain is yellow?
    cerebellum
  • What part of the brain is dark blue?
    somatosensory cortex
  • What organ of the nervous system lies within the spine?
    spinal cord
  • Name 2 examples of sensing
    Taste the cake, touch the ice....
  • The brain is the _______ of the nervous system.
    centre (or center)
  • What part of the brain is purple?
    temporal lobe
  • Name 2 examples of moving
    running, walking, dancing...
  • The somatic nervous system is responsible for involuntary movement.
    false
  • What is a synapse?
    The space between 2 never cells where information is exchanged.
  • The brain _________ almost all of the activities of the body.
    controls
  • What is a neuron?
    nerve cell
  • What part of the brain is green?
    parietal lobe
  • What part of the brain is white?
    brain stem
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