Neurons
What are the structural and functional units of the nervous system?
Brain, Spinal cord
What are the components that make up the central nervous system?
Layers that surround the brain.
What are meninges?
What is the occipital lobe's primary area of control?
Bundle of Neurons
What is a nerve?
Between 120 and 150 mL
Sensory, Motor, and Reflexes.
What are the three functions of the spinal cord?
Auditory and language.
What are the centers of input for within the temporal lobe?
Group of nerve fibers
What are Tracts?
What is a dendrite?
Auditory and Language.
What inputs does the temporal lobe contain centers for?
Posterior frontal lobe.
What is the major motor area of the brain.
Sense surroundings.
What is the function of sensory neurons?
What is an axon?
Pia mater, dura mater, arachnoid.
What are the names of the three meninges that enclose the brain?
Sensory and motor relay.
What are the functions of the thalamus?
Single neuron
What is a nerve fiber?
Breathing, swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting.
What are the five functions of the medulla oblongata?
Cerebrum, brain stem, cerebellum, diencephalon(center).
What are the four major structures of the brain?
Regulation of temperature, sleep, blood pressure, and hunger/thirst.
What are the functions of the hypothalamus?