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    Name __________________________________ Date_______

    The Peripheral Nervous System Branches throughout the Body

    In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
    ______ 1. brain a. regulates breathing and heart rate
    ______ 2. cerebrum b. a self-protective motor response
    c. the site of learning, memory, perception and intellectual
    ______ 3. cerebellum
    function
    ______ 4. reflex d. relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex
    e. the dense cable of nervous tissue that runs through the
    ______ 5. thalamus
    vertebral column
    ______ 6. hypothalamus f. regulates balance, posture and movement
    ______ 7. spinal cord g. the body’s main processing center

    Complete each statement by writing the correct term or phrase in the space provided.

    8. Peripheral motor neutrons that stimulate skeletal muscles are part of the ______________________
    nervous system.

    9. The ______________________ division of the autonomic nervous system keeps your body functioning
    even when you are asleep.

    10. The ______________________ division of the autonomic nervous system dominates in times of
    physical or emotional stress.

    Sensory Systems Enable Perception


    Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

    1. What is a sensory receptor?

    2. What types of sensory receptors are located in the skin?

    3. Why is pain an important sensation?

    4. Which type of sensory receptor responds to the distortion or bending of tissue?

    5. What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?


    The Eyes Detect Light
    Complete each statement by writing the correct term or phrase in the space provided.

    1. The ______________________ is a lining of photoreceptors and neurons on the back inner surface of
    the eye.

    2. The photoreceptors called ______________________ respond best to dim light, and those called
    ______________________ enable color vision.

    3. The ______________________ ______________________ is made up of the axons of the neurons in


    the retina.

    The Ears Detect Sound and Help Maintain Equilibrium


    Read ach question, and write your answer in the space provided.

    1. How does the cochlea of the inner ear help you hear?

    2. How do the semicircular canals help you keep your balance?

    Taste and Smell are Related Chemical Senses

    Complete each statement by writing the correct term or phrase in the space provided.

    1. Taste cells detect sugars, acids, alkaloids and ______________________.

    2. Chemoreceptors that detect odors are called ______________________ receptors.

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