Nervous System
Student Guided Notes to Accompany Presentation
The Nervous System Name______________________________pd____date_______
Guided Notes
Answer the following questions during the Nervous System Slideshow.
1. What two organs make up the central nervous system?
2. Name the three parts of the brain and name one thing each part controls.
3. The brain is made up of over _________________________ (write the number) neurons.
4. Name a voluntary function of your body: ______________________________________
Name an involuntary function of your body: ___________________________________
5. “My pupils would get really small when _______________________________________”.
6. Close your eyes and name three things you hear.
1)____________________ 2) ___________________ 3) ___________________
7. How does your digestive system “get started” when you smell or taste your favorite food?
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8. What are the Five Functions of the Nervous System?
2) ____________________________ 5) ____________________________
3) ____________________________
Part of Brain | Cerebrum (this is an example) | | |
What it Controls | All of your senses (this is an example) | | |
9. What are the Five Senses? Name each and provide an example that shows each sense being used.
Sense | Sight | | | | |
Example | I see the skeleton in the classroom. | | | | |
10. Integration means that the brain takes in information from all of your senses and combines it. Process means that your brain makes sense out of all of that information.
Give an example of how your brain processes information you observe using each sense. Then make an inference based on these observations. An example is done for you.
Sense | Sight | Taste | Touch | Smell | Hear |
Example 1 | see my Uncle’s mixing something | Taste the baking spoon | Feel the hot oven | The aroma of cookies | The oven timer |
Inference: | |||||
Sense | Sight | Taste | Touch | Smell | Hear |
Example 2 | | | | | |
Inference: You are watching a movie at a theatre | |||||
11. What else (besides temperature) does your body need to keep in balance in order to maintain homeostasis?
12. What do you think about most often in your life (more than anything else)?
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13. Explain how the messages sent and received by your brain cause your muscles to react when you touch something hot. Describe the process step by step. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________