Endocrine
The thyroid hormones
t3 & t4
The part of the neuron that receives the signal
dendrite
What makes up the CNS
brain and spinal cord
Fancy name for smell and taste
Olfactory; gustatory
Colored part of your eye
iris
This gland is responsible for calcium balance
Parathyroid gland
the axon is covered in an insulator and protector called what
myelin sheath
What do afferent neurons do?
Sensory neurons which send the signal from the body to the CNS
What divides your external ear from your middle ear
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
______ Can become cloudy forming what
Lens, cataract
The fancy names for the parts of the pituitary (front & back)
anterior-adenohypophysis
posterior-neurohypophysis
This is where the neurotransmitters are released by vesicles and received by receptors on the dendrite of the next neuron
synapse
Part of the brain responsible for balance and voluntary muscle movement
cerebellum
Name the 5 types of sensory receptors
Chemoreceptors
Nociceptors
Thermoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Photoreceptors
the aqueous humor drains excess fluid into ________
the canal of Schlemm
FSH and LH stimulate was to make what
gonads- Ovaries to make estrogen and progesterone
Testes to make testosterone
Myelinated axons are considered what kind of matter
white matter
the 4 protections of the brain
1. skull bones
2.CSF
3. Meninges (PAD)
4. blood brain barrier
This starts in your middle ear and drains into your pharynx
Eustachian tube
This part of the eye is where rods and cones are and can be damaged by excessive pressure
retina
What condition happen if someone has too much GH AFTER puberty?
Acromegaly
What causes an impulse?
Polarization
•K+ leaks from neuron
•Determines resting membrane potential
Depolarization-stimulation occurs
•Na+ rushes in
Repolarization-resting
•K+ rushes out
A nervous system dysfunction due to low dopamine that results in "shaking palsy"
Parkinsons
This is considered the organ of hearing and is located in the cochlea of the inner ear
Organ of corti
The pathway of LIGHT starts with light ways entering what part of the eye
•Cornea then
aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina