Eyes
The structure of the eye that focuses light to the back of the eye.
What is the lens?
The scientific name for the eardrum.
What is tympanic membrane?
The structure of the neuron that carries impulses toward the cell body.
What is the dendrite?
The structure of the neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body.
What is the axon?
The system of glands that produces hormones responsible for the control and coordination of the body.
What is the endocrine system?
The structure that allows light to enter the eye.
What is the pupil?
The part of the ear that contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
What is the middle ear?
The system that the sense organs and nerves are part of.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
The largest portion of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
The hormone that regulates blood sugar level.
What is insulin?
This part of the eye controls the size of the pupil.
What is the iris?
The structure that connects the pharynx and the middle ear.
What is the Eustachian tube?
The lobe of the cerebrum responsible for interpreting sound.
What is the temporal lobe?
The part of the brain that functions in involuntary coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The gland that secretes thyroxine.
What is the thyroid?
This part of the eye helps us to see color.
What are cones?
This structure helps with balance.
What are the semicircular canals?
This part of the nervous system relays impulses between the brain and the rest of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
The part of the brain responsible for conscious activities.
What is the cerebrum?
This gland produces epinephrine.
What is the adrenal gland?
This occurs when there is a buildup of pressure in the eye.
What is glaucoma?
What is the cochlea?
This is a series of neurons that receives a stimulus and then causes the rest of the body to react.
What is a reflex arc?
The chemicals a nerve impulse uses to cross the synapse.
What are neurotransmitters?
This gland secretes the growth hormone.
What is the pituitary gland?