The nervous system

Question 1

What are the 2 body systems that the body uses to communicate with itself?

Answer 1

The nervous system and the endocrine system.

Question 2

What are the 2 main divisions of the nervous system?

Answer 2

The central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Question 3

What is the main cell of the nervous system called?

Answer 3

A neuron.

Question 4

Name the 2 main structures in the Central Nervous System.

Answer 4

The brain and spinal cord.

Question 5

Describe in simple terms the role of the spinal cord

Answer 5

To transmit sensory information from the periphery to the brain and to transmit motor instructions from the brain to the periphery.

Question 6

What are the 2 branches of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 6

The sympathetic and the parasympathetic.

Question 7

What is the sympathetic nervous system in charge of?

Answer 7

Fight or flight.

Question 8

What is the parasympathetic nervous system in charge of?

Answer 8

Rest and digest.

Question 9

Give an example of a reflex used in veterinary medicine

Answer 9

Patella, triceps, pupillary light reflex, palpebral, cutaneous trunci

Question 10

List the special senses

Answer 10

Taste,Smell, Hearing, Equilibrium & Vision.