Student worksheet

3.4 The central nervous system receives information from the

peripheral nervous system
The central and peripheral nervous system
1 Which organs are involved in the CNS?

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2 What organs are involved in the PNS?

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3 What types of neurons are involved in the CNS? State their function.

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4 What types of nerves are involved in the PNS? State their function.

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5 What is the function of the CNS?

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6 What is the function of the PNS?

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7 Explain how the CNS and PNS are related.

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8 What is the difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?

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9 Which lobes of the brain are involved in the CNS? Label them on the diagram below and explain which
stimulus they are responsible for dealing with.

EXTEND YOUR UNDERSTANDING

10 The brain is the most complex organ in the human body and if far from being fully understood. Conduct
some research on the brain and, in the space below, create a mind map that links the structures of the
brain listed below with the lobe they are located in and state their function. This has been started for
you.

Thalamus Medulla Pons Spinal cord Hypothalamus

Cerebellum Amygdala Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe Wernickes’s area Forebrain Midbrain Hindbrain

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