Review and Reinforce
The Nervous System
COCORI
Understanding Main Ideas
Answer the following questions on a separate theet of paper.
1. What are three main functions of the nervous system? Give an
cuample of each
2. What are the three kinds of neurons? How do they work together to
produce a response to an environmental stimulus?
3. Explain how your brain and sentory organs get information from the
outside world.
4. What are the two main parts of the peripheral nervous system? What
are the two main parts of the central nervous system?
Building Vocabulary
Match each term in the left column with its definition in the right column by writing the
letter of the correct definition on the line beside the term.
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central nervous system
a cels that carry information through your nervous
system
b. the message that a neuron carries
ca bundle of nerve fibers
6. relex
7.neurons
S.nerve impulse
9.peripheral nervous system
d. a system of nerves that branches out and connects it
to the rest of the body
e. a system that controls the functions of the body with
the brain serving as the control center
f the place where a neuron transfers an impulse to
another structure
g an automatic response that occurs rapidly without
conscious control
10.nerve
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synapse