Directions: Match the description in column A with the words in column B. Write the letter of your answer in the space provided. Column B a. brain b. spinal cord Column A 1. carry signals throughout the nervous system 2. associated with the voluntary control of body movements 3. highway for communication between the body and the brain 4. controls every action and activity 5. controls the nerves of the inner organs of the body c. neurons d. autonomic nervous system e. somatic nervous system
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1. c. neurons
2. e. somatic nervous system
3. b. spinal cord
4. a. brain
5. d. autonomic nervous
No. 1
A neuron is a nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system. Neurons are similar to other cells in the human body in a number of ways, but there is one key difference between neurons and other cells. Neurons are specialized to transmit information throughout the body.
No. 2
The somatic nervous system consists of sensory nerves carrying afferent nerve fibers that relay sensation from the body to the central nervous system (CNS).
No. 3:
The spinal cord is the highway for communication between the body and the brain.
No. 4:
The brain is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body. Together, the brain and spinal cord that extends from it make up the central nervous system, or CNS.
No. 5:
The autonomic nervous system is a component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal. It contains three anatomically distinct divisions: sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric.
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