NAME: ___________________________________________
CHAPTER REVIEW EXERCISE #2
MATCH THE STATEMENT IN THE LEFT COLUMN WITH THE CORRECT CHOICE FROM THE RIGHT
A. It is the sex hormone produced in males
1. HYPOTHALAMUS
B. It contracts when the light gets brighter
2. SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
C. The pons produces chemicals the body needs
for this function
3. RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM
D. It is at the center of the cell body of a nerve
cell
4. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
E. It controls functions such as hunger, thirst, and
sexual behavior
F. Similar to dementia this degenerative disease
prevents neurons from communicating with each
other
5. SYNAPSE
G. It rises during stress, dehydration, and with an
increase of salt intake
7. AXON
H. It is the nervous system that controls voluntary
muscle movement
8. LUNGS
I. It is the long fiber that carries the impulses
away from the cell body
9. NUCLEUS
J. It is the inner layer of the cerebral cortex and
helps us to think and store abstract information
10. DENDRITES
K. It is one of two sex hormones produced in
females
11. SYMPATHETIC and PARASYMPATHETIC
L. They increase or decrease in size with every
breath you take
12. EPILEPSY
M. Besides the brain, it is the other part of the
central nervous system
13. CEREBRUM
N. They receive impulses from other neurons and
send them to the cell body
14. BLOOD PRESSURE
6. PUPIL
O. It is located at the top of the spinal cord and
controls breathing, heart rate, and a variety of
reflexes
15. SOMATIC
P. This disorder occurs when all of the brain’s
nerves send their messages of activity
simultaneously
16. MIDBRAIN
Q. Moving your legs in order to walk occurs
through this nervous system’s activity
17. SLEEP
R. It is the gap between nerve cells
18. NEURONS
S. They are the long, thin cells of nerve tissue
along which messages travel to and from the
brain
19. MYELIN SHEATH
T. This region of the brain integrates sensory
information and relays it upward
20. SPINAL CORD
U. These kind of neurons relay messages from
the sense organs to the brain
21. SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
V. These two nervous systems are part of the
autonomic nervous system
22. TESTOSTERONE
W. It is responsible for preparing the body for
emergencies or stressful situations
23. MEDULLA OBLONGATTA
X. It is the white, fatty coating that insulates and
protects the axon for many neurons
24. AFFERENT NEURONS or AFFECTORS
Y. It serves to alert the brain to incoming signals
and is involved in the sleep/wake cycle
25. ESTROGEN and PROGESTERONE