How Does Your Body Talk to Your Brain?

Medically Reviewed by Jennifer Robinson, MD on August 23, 2022
Question 1/9

Your brain stays in touch with your body through:

  • Arteries
  • Nerves
  • Veins
Question 2/9

Which is not part of your nervous system?

  • Brain
  • Heart
  • Spinal cord
Question 3/9

Your brain weighs about:

  • 3 pounds
  • 5 pounds
  • 7 pounds
Question 4/9

Your nerves are made of tiny cells called:

  • Electrons
  • Neurons
  • Protons
Question 5/9

A thought starts with:

  • A burst of hormones
  • An electrical charge
  • A release of enzymes
Question 6/9

“Fight or flight” signals are sent through the:

  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Somatic nervous system
  • Both
Question 7/9

Neurotransmitters that send signals about pain are called endorphins.

  • True
  • False
Question 8/9

This hurts the neurons that affect movement:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Meningitis
  • Parkinson’s disease
Question 9/9

When you have this, neurons lose their connections to one another:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Epilepsy
  • Multiple sclerosis