React to their surroundings and to coordinate their behaviour
Alert them to pain and when to make reflex actions
Question 2
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Information from [blank_start]receptors[blank_end] passes along cells ([blank_start]neurones[blank_end]) as impulses to the central nervous system (the [blank_start]brain[blank_end] or [blank_start]spinal cord[blank_end]). The brain coordinates the [blank_start]response[blank_end].
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receptors
neurones
brain
spinal cord
response
Question 3
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The cerebral cortex is concerned with consciousness, co-ordination and unconscious activities.
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True
False
Question 4
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The cerebellum is concerned mainly with the coordination of muscular activity.
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True
False
Question 5
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The medulla is concerned with unconscious activities such as heartbeat and breathing.
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True
False
Question 6
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Scientists have been able to map regions of the brain to paticular fuctions by studying patients with brain damage, [blank_start]electrically stimulating[blank_end] different parts of the brain and using [blank_start]MRI[blank_end] scanning techniques.
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MRI
CAT
electrically stimulating
artificially stimulating
Question 7
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[blank_start]Reflex[blank_end] actions are [blank_start]automatic[blank_end] and rapid. They often involve [blank_start]sensory[blank_end], [blank_start]relay[blank_end] and [blank_start]motor[blank_end] neurones.
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Reflex
Relay
automatic
quick
unconscious
sensory
impulse
relay
reflex
pain
motor
movement
Question 8
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In a simple reflex action such as pain-withdrawal reflex: (step 1)
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impulses from a receptor pass along a sensory neurone to the CNS
impulses from an stimulus pass along pain neurones to the CNS
Question 9
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Reflex actions step 2:
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at a synapse between a sensory neurone and a relay neurone in the CNS, a chemical is released that causes an impulse to be sent along a relay neurone
at a synapse between a relay neurone and a motor neurone in the CNS, chemical energyl is released that causes an impulse to be sent along a motor neurone
Question 10
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Simple reflex action part 3:
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a chemical is then released at the synapse between a relay neurone an motor neurone in the central nervous system, causing impulses to be sent along a motor neurone to the effector
at a synapse between a sensory neurone and a relay neurone in the CNS, a chemical is released that causes an impulse to be sent along a relay neurone
Question 11
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Simple reflex action part 4:
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the effector is either a muscle or a gland: a muscle responds by contracting and a gland responds by secreting chemical substances
the effector is either a nerve or a gland: a nerve responds by sending impulses to the brain and a gland responds by secreting chemical substances