Animals - Nervous System
Animals - Nervous System: Overview
This topic explains the nervous system of animals. It includes the brain and spinal cord. It helps to control and coordinate all the body functions. The responses produced by the nervous system can be voluntary or involuntary.
Important Questions on Animals - Nervous System
How do nerve impulses travel in the body ? Explain.

Why is chemical communication better than electrical impulses as a means of communication between cells in a multi-cellular organism?

A squirrel is in a scary situation. Its body has to prepare for either fighting or running away. State the immediate changes that take place in its body so that the squirrel is able to either fight or run?

Write a and b in the given flow chart of neuron through which information travels as an electrical impulse.

Name one gustatory receptor and one olfactory receptor present in human beings.

Name the part of brain which is responsible for following actions:
Blood pressure

Name the part of brain which is responsible for following actions:
Thinking

Name the part of brain which is responsible for following actions:
Beating of heart

Sensory nerve of a reflex arc carries information from the receptor cells to the:

How is an electric impulse created in human nervous system? Identify the parts of a neuron which helps the nerve impulse to travel
(i) towards the cell body
(ii) away from the cell body

Name the part of brain which is responsible for following actions:
Maintaining posture and balance

What happens at synapse between two neurons? State briefly.

Walking in a straight line and riding a bicycle are the activities which are possible due to a part of the brain. Choose the correct location and name of this part from the given table:
