Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Coordination and response

Coordination and response — practice question

Fig. 5.1 presents a diagram of part of the nervous system that takes part in a reflex action. The reflex action was triggered when a person touched a spiky cactus plant.
(a)[1]

State one function of the nervous system.

(b(i))[2]

State the letters of two structures in Fig. 5.1 that belong to the peripheral nervous system.

(b(ii))[5]

Write the right letters from Fig. 5.1 into the gaps to finish the statements about the reflex arc. A painful stimulus such as a cactus spine is detected by [BLANK] in the skin. An impulse travels along [BLANK] until it reaches the spinal cord. The impulse is passed to [BLANK] and then leaves the spinal cord in [BLANK]. The impulse makes [BLANK] produce a response.

(b(iii))[1]

State the name given to the junction between two neurones.

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