Nervous system

Question 1

Parietal lobe:

Answer 1

responsible for interpreting impulses travelling from body’s sensory receptors. allows us to recognise pain, temp, taste, and smell.

Question 2

Frontal lobe:

Answer 2

responsible for conscious movement of our skeletal muscles. also contains broca’s area which is responsible for speech.

Question 3

Occipital lobe:

Answer 3

responsible for visual interpretation and recognition. damage can cause blindness.

Question 4

Temporal lobe:

Answer 4

responsible for hearing, language processing, and memory. damage leads to memory loss.

Question 5

Epilepsy:

Answer 5

caused by neurons in brain causing cells to fire all at one time, resulting in seizure.

Question 6

Functions:

Answer 6

To receive sensory signals from body, interpret info and coordinate a motor response.

Question 7

Structures:

Answer 7

CNS- brain and spinal cord
PNS- somatic and autonomic NS
Autonomic includes sympathetic and parasympathetic NS.

Question 8

What is a neuron

Answer 8

a nerve cell that responds to stimulus, converts it into a nerve impulse, and transmits impulses to other neurons, muscles or glands

Question 9

What is an axon

Answer 9

the structure that transmits signals from the dendrite to the axon terminals

Question 10

Sensory input:

Answer 10

when sensory receptors receive stimuli from changes inside and outside the body

Question 11

Motor response:

Answer 11

initiating response by activating muscles via effectors