Ordenar Letras 6-1A Psychology Nervous SystemVersión en línea Student will identify major divisions & subdivisions of the nervous system and describe how they function. por Lance Hiles 1 Autonomic Nervous System: The ______ nervous systems enhances the body’s ability to recover from strenuous activity, reducing heart rate & blood pressure. P E P S H Y R A A M I T C T A 2 Autonomic Nervous System: The ______ nervous systems prepares the body for strenuous activity, like speeding heart rate & suspending digestion. M A Y T H E S T P C I 3 The _____ nervous system refers to the part that controls involuntary activities, such as heartbeat, blood pressure, & pupil size. O U T M O A I N C 4 The _____ nervous system controls voluntary activities, like using your thumbs to send a text. A O S M C T I 5 Our nervous system allows us to react to the _____ , as well as create, move, and think. N V M E T E R O I N N 6 To prevent paralysis, the brain is protected in the skull and the spinal cord is protected in the skeletal ___ . B E E E R T R V A 7 This nervous system transmits information back and forth between central nervous system and everything else. P E R H I R E A P L 8 This nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord. L C E T A R N 9 Even when you are asleep, your _____ _____ never stops working. N S T O R M V S Y E S E U 10 If we want to understand human _____ , we need to learn about the nervous system and how its messages are sent between brain and body. A I O R E V B H 11 _____ is the study of the nervous system; the brain, neurons, neurotransmitters, etc. O N E C I C S N E U E R 12 Some nerves of the peripheral system are _____ in size, others are as thick as a pencil. O I M C I S R C C P O 13 The brain and nervous system are protected by bone and _____ . H H T N S I E G A 14 The layers of sheathing protect the brain and nervous system from _____ in _____ and from physical damage. R T E I X T P M M S T E E T I R A U E R E E 15 A tear in the spinal cord could result in _____ , which is why the spinal cord is protected by the skeletal vertebrae. S A L P A I S Y R 16 The brain and nervous system are able to change their physical structure after a person experiences some stimuli from the environment. This is called _____ . T N T Y C O E L I S I A P U R 17 The act of reading a book and _____ new information is the type of environmental stimuli that causes neuroplasticity to occur. G A R I N L E N 18 The nerves of the peripheral system transmit information back and forth from _____ to the central nervous system. O S A G N R