Nervous System
The study of the nervous system- its structure, functions, disorders, and diseases
What is Neurology?
Messages are transmitted from one neuron to another
What is neurotransmitter?
The brain and spinal cord are both covered by a triple layer of protective tissues
What is meninges?
Specializes in big picture
The actual nerve cells of the body
What are nerves?
The amount of the types of neurons
A clear fluid that circulates to cushion the brain and spinal cord
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
The largest part of the brain
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System?
Transmit information to the CNS from the senses.
Most important and complex part of the nervous system
What is the brain?
The left side specializes in
What is details?
Contains a nucleus, sends and receives nerve impulses and controls the cell's growth
What is the cell body?
Relay signals from the CNS to other parts of the body.
What is motor neuron?
I am involved in conscious thought, memory and interpreting sensory information
What is cerebrum?
The thin layer of gray matter where higher thought processes take place
What is cerebral cortex?
What is an axon?
Found only in the CNS and are responsible for information processing by the brain and spinal cord
What are interneurons?
I control skeletal muscles during complex movements such as running and swimming.
What is cerebellum?
What is 1/8 inch or 3 mm?