Name: __________________________ Date:__________ Class: __________
NERVOUS SYSTEM WORKSHEET
1. What are the two functions of the nervous system?
a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________
2. Color/highlight the peripheral nerves with a light color. Then highlight the central
nervous system with a different color.
http://www.answers.com/topic/peripheral-nervous-system?cat=health
3. The central nervous system contains what two parts:
________________ and _________________
4. The other division of the nervous system is the peripheral nervous system. Why do
they call it this? (What does peripheral mean?)
5. Compare the parts of the two brains below. Obviously, the human brain is larger
than the rat brain, but how do the areas compare proportionately? Check the correct
boxes below. Then write the function of each part of the brain in the last column.
Human brain
Rat brain
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/genetics/neurobiol.cfm
April 23, 2008
Proportionately
larger in
human brain
Proportionately
larger in rat
brain
Proportionately
about the same
in both brains
Cerebral cortex
Cerebellum
Brain stem
Olfactory bulb
Corpus
callosum
6. What is the name of the cells of the nervous system?
Function
7. How are neurons classified?
function
sensory
motor
interneurons
8. Name the parts of a typical neuron and then give the function of each of the parts.
Word bank: Axon terminal, dendrite, cell body, nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, node.
C
G
A
D
B
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
F
E