Basics
What does PNS stand for?
Peripheral Nervous System
Name all structures of the Central Nervous System
Brain, Spinal cord, and brain stem
What does the endocrine system secrete?
Hormones
An action potential travels along this structure
the axon
what does CNS stand for?
Central Nervous System
The part of your nervous system that is responsible for making decisions
Central Nervous System
The master gland.
The pituitary gland
Name the tiiiiiiny empty space between dendrites of one neuron and axon terminals of the connecting neuron
Synapse (gap)
Two subdivisions of the Peripheral Nervous System--and the function of each
Autonomic (automatic functions) and Somatic (voluntary movement)
Two subdivisions of the Autonomic nervous system and their purposes
Sympathetic (Fight or Flight) and Parasympathetic (Rest and Digest)
What two hormones are secreted from the adrenal glands?
Epinephrin and Adrenaline (Also Norepinephrin and Noradrenaline)
Name the 3 kinds of neuron
Motor, Sensory, Inter
In what order does a neuron recieve and then send information?
1. Dendrites 2. Cell body (Soma) 3. Axon
4. Terminal Branches 5. Synapse
What get reabsorbed into the sending neuron if there aren't enough receiver sites?
neurotransmitters
What two glands are in your throat?
Thyroid and Parathyroids
The process of neurotransmitters going back to the sending neuron
Reuptake
What are the two types of drug that mimic neurotransmitters or block them?
Agonists and Antagonists
List the order of things that happens when your hand touches a hot burner (A reflex)
Sensory neurons, spine, interneurons, motor neurons, muscle response
What do the parathyroids do?
Regulate blood calcium
Degeneration of this will cause multiple sclerosis
myelin sheath