Set 1
sight, touch, taste,smell and hearing
Senses
consists of brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System (CNS)
26 small bones that make up your backbone
Vertebrae
Connects brain to the spinal cord
brain stem
a threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body
Axon
the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs. (such as the heart)
Autonomic Nervous System
The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system
brain
Contains nucleus and organelles
cell body of a neuron
balance and coordination
cerebellum
area of the brain that is responsible for all voluntary activities of the body
Cerebrum
branch like parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information
dendrites
Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
Motor Neurons
a junction where information is transmitted from on nerton to the next
Synapse
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cover the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses
Myelin Sheath
the message carried by a neuron
nerve impulse
bundled axons that form neural cables connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands and sense organs
NERVES
a nerve cell; the basic building block of the the nervous system
neurons
the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
Peripheral Nervous System
a simple automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk reaction
REFLEX
The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
Somatic Nervous System
It has two hemispheres
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The Brain
Nerves are a part of this
neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
Nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messaged between the body and brain
Spinal Cord