Functions of the Nervous system
The part of an organism that gathers, processes and responds to information.
What is nervous system?
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The basic functioning units of the nervous system.
What are cells and neurons?
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Is made up of brain and the spinal cord.
What is the Central nervous system?
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The part of your nervous system that detects or senses the environment.
What is sensory system?
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Consists of groups of organs and tissues that release chemical messages into the bloodstream.
What is the endocrine system?
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Something that reacts to the temperature around you.
What is muscle?
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The gap between two neurons.
What is synapse?
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The part of the brain that controls memory, language, and thoughts.
What is the cerebrum?
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The special structures in the sensory system.
What is receptors?
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A chemical that's is produced by an endocrine gland in one part of an organism and is carried in the bloodstream to another part of the organism.
What is a hormone?
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A change in an organisms environment that causes response.
What is stimulus?
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Receives information from another neuron from another cell in your body.
What is Dendrite?
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The part of the brain that coordinates voluntary muscle movement and regulates balance and posture.
What is cerebellum?
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An area in the back of your eye that has two types of cells.
What is a retina?
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Sends to more cells and lasts longer than the messages sent by the nervous system.
What is are chemical messages?
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Helps the nervous system helps maintain.
What is homeostasis?
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The three parts of a neuron.
What are Dendrites, a cell body, and a axon?
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The area of the brain that controls involuntary functions.
What is the brain stem?
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One of the photoreceptors in the eye that distinguish the shapes of an object.
What are rods?
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A control system where the effect of a hormone inhibits further release for the hormone.
What is negative feedback?
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The five senses in your nervous system has.
What are vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch?
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Three types of neurons.
What are Sensory neurons, Motor neurons, and Interneurons?
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A tube like structure of neurons.
What is spinal cord?
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The five senses a human uses.
What are vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch?
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A control system in which the effect of a hormone causes more of the hormone to be released.
What is positive feedback?