Define the following terms:

Brain

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Brain stem

Spinal cord

Nerve

Sensory nerves

Motor nerves

Neurons

Axons

dentrites

Now organize those terms in the nervous sytem

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Explain how voluntary movents are produced.

Explain the difference between voluntary and involuntary movements

Look at the drawing and say what it is , label and define its parts

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Which part of the nervous system control reflexes?

Why type of nerve transmits signals to muscles?

Label the eye

What is your sense of sight?

Complete the definitions of the parts of the eye

 the is a small hole that lets light into the

 the is the coloured part of the eye. It’s made of

fibers that open and close the

 the is behind the and the .It focuses

on the

 the has got a thin layer of cells that detect

and . these send information to the
nerve

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the is a transparent layer of cells, It covers and protects
the and the .

Correct these sentences to make them true

• Light goes into the eye through the iris, and then passes through the
lens
• The lens project an upside down image onto to the lens. The optic
cells detect the smell and taste . they send nerve impulses to the
optic nerve
• The optic nerve transmits the nerve impulses to the spinal cord
It interprets the impulses, and turns the image up again

What is your sense of smell?

What cells detect smells and what do they do?

What are smells?

How is information about smells transmitted to the brain?

What is your sense of taste?

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What the taste buds and what do they do?

How is information about taste transmitted to the brain?

How many tastes can your taste buds detect?

What is your sense of hearing?

Explain the parts of the ear

Write these sententeces in order

The sound waves make the eardrum vibrate

When the eardrum vibrates it makes the ossicles vibrate

The auditory nerve transmits these impulses to the brain

Sound waves got into the ear canal and hit the eardrum

The cochlea detects the vibrations and produces nerve impulses

The brain interprets the information

The ossicles transmit these vibration to the cochlea

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What is your sense of touch?

Complete the following sentences about the sense of touch

The skin has got layers, the layer is the

and the layer is the

What information do the nerve endings in the dermis detect?

Explain the ways your skin protects you

what is melanin?

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relate
• Olfatory cells • Auditory nerve
• Taste buds • Optic nerve
• Dermis • Gustatory nerve
• Cochlea • Olfatory nerve
• Optic cells • Sensory nerves in the skin

What is the difference between sensory and motor nerves?

Write where in the brain these actions take place

• Smell
• Balance
• Sight
• Posture
• Respiration
• Thinking
• Hearing
• Touch
• Circulation

Which nervous system is involved in the following actions, the central

nervous system or the spinal cord, say if these actions are voluntary or
involuntary
• Sneezing when you’ve got a cold

• Closing your eyelids when an objects gets near your face

• Reading a book

• Protect your head when you hear something crashing over your head

• Running

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• Switching off the light when you go to bed

• Trying to catch something that falls from your hands

• Playing a music instrument

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