Nervous Systems
Controls involuntary activities
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Part of the body that is the command center for the whole body
What is the brain?
Neurons
What are nerve cells?
What are drugs' effects on the brain?
The chemical messengers that influence almost all cells, organs, and functions
What are hormones
Consists of the brain and the spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
The main pathway of information
What is the spinal cord?
The nerve that carries messages from the ear to the the brain
What is the auditory nerve?
What is multiple sclerosis?
Where most of the body's hormones are produced
What are the endocrine glands?
Controls skeletal muscle movements
What is the somatic nervous system?
The three distinct parts of the brain
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem?
The nerve that connects the eye to the brain
What is the optic nerve?
Causes neurons in the brain to send impulses too quickly and irregularly
What is epilepsy?
The gland that produces a growth hormone and hormones that control other glands
What is the pituitary gland?
Controls millions of nerve cells all over the body
What is the peripheral nervous system?
The part of the sleep cycle that helps the brain develop and organizes the information that the brain has received all day
What is REM sleep?
The nerve the sends impulses from the nose to the brain
What is the olfactory nerve?
Causes damage to brain cells that control the thinking process
A group of cells located near the base of the brain that help regulate the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
Two parts of the peripheral nervous system
What are the autonomic and somatic nervous systems?
The only correct source of information
What is the Bible?
The only sense that is located all over the body
What is touch?
Results in blindness, death, or paralysis
What are results of an injury to the brain or spinal cord?
What the endocrine system uses instead of electrical impulses
What is chemical messengers?