Neuron
The long extensions from a nerve cell along which signals travel.
What is an axon?
Disc like rings protect the spinal cord
What is the spine?
Percentage of neurons are in the brain?
What is 75%
Second largest organ in the Central Nervous Nervous System
What is the Spinal Cord?
Brain disorder that causes seizures.
What is epilepsy?
The part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing
What is the nose?
Chemicals that assist in passing a signal through the synapse.
What is a neurotransmitter?
Damage to the spinal cord results in this.
What is paralysis?
The sense of touch is part of which part of the nervous system
What is PNS
The protective layer that wraps around the axons of neurons.
What is the myelin sheath?
The name is the doctor that treats disorders of the spinal cord and brain.
What is a neurologst?
Function of a dendrite
What is to receives signals from another neuron through a synapse?
Type of neurons of the spinal cord and are part of the central nervous system (CNS) and connect to muscles, glands and organs.
What are motor neurons?
The age when your spinal cord stops growing.
What is 4-5 years old?
The gap between neurons.
What is synapse?
Another Name for back layer of eye
What is Retina?
How much does the brain weigh?
What is 3 pounds?