Question | Answer |
What Controls Vital Involuntary Actions Such as The Beating of Your Heart? | The Brainstem |
What is The Peripheral Nervous System? | The System made of Sensory and Motor Neurons that Allows You to Move |
What is ANS? | One of the divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System. It allows you to do things involuntarily. |
What is SNS? | The Somatic Nervous System. This allows you to do things Voluntarily. It helps us respond to Stimuli as Well. |
What is Myelin? | It speeds up signals telling you to move and allows for repair of damaged nerve tissue. |
What are Motor Neurons? | These are Myelinated Neurons that are Attached to Muscles that help you move. |
What are Sensory Neurons? | They attach to Senses. They are myelinated. |
What are Interneurons? | They attach to the Brain and Spinal Cord and have no Myelin. |
What are the 3 Functions of the Nervous System? | Stimuli, Analysis, and React |
Your Brain Weighs what Percent of your Body Weight? | 2% |
What Percent of The Blood Pumping Around Your Body does The Brain Use? | 20% |
What Percentage of The Brain is Made up Of Water? | 75% |
When does the Brain Stop Growing? | Around the Age of 18 years old. |
What Responsibility does the Nervous System Share with the Endocrine System? | Regulating & Maintaining Homeostasis |
What are the Two Divisions of the Nervous System? | The Central Nervous & Peripheral Nervous Systems |
What is The Central Nervous System? | The Brain and the Spinal Cord |
What are The Three Parts of the Brain? | The Cerebrum, the Brainstem, and the Cerebellum |
What is the Cerebrum Responsible For? | Voluntary Movement, Language, Reasoning, Perception, and Thought |
What Are the Ridges in the Cerebrum Called? | Gyrus |
What are the Valleys in the Cerebrum Called? | Sulcus |
What is the Cerebellum Responsible for? | Coordination, motor Activities, and Remembering of Physical Skills |
The Size of This Brain Region within Any Mammal Species is a Good Indicator of its Physical Capabilities | The Cerebellum |