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This is an automatic reaction to stimulus that involves movement.
What is a reflex
Main arteries that supply blood to the head, face, and neck
What are the Common Carotid Arteries
This is largest and most complex nerve tissue of the body.
What is the brain
These spongy tissues contain microscopic cells which inhale air and exchange carbon dioxide
What are the lungs
This is the primary structural unit of the nervous system.
What is a neuron
This word means natural covering
What is integument
This division of the nervous system controls the voluntary functions of the five sense.
What is the central nervous system
Bonus:
Name the 3 divisions of the nervous system
What are the Central, peripheral, and autonomic
The scientific study of the functions, structures, and pathology of the nervous system; they are also responsible for carrying messages to the brain.
What is Neurology
This is the largest of the cranial nerves
What is the Fifth Cranial Nerve
These are the lower thick- walled cambers of the heart.
What are the ventricles
Bonus:
What is the resting heart rate of the average adult
What is 60 to 80 beats (times) per minute
The chief motor nerve of the face
What is the seventh cranial nerve
These are thin-walled, less elastic, and located closer to the skin surface
What are veins
This nerves to supplies impulses to skin on the outer side and back of the foot and legs
What is the sural nerve
Bonus:
These are the functions of the blood
What is
Carries nutrients and secretions to cells
Carries all waste away from cells
Regulates body temp
clotting
aids the immune system
This is the number of division in the nervous system
What is 3
This component gives blood its color
What is hemoglobin
These ductless glands that release hormones directly into bloodstream
What are the endocrine
Bonus:
Additional Terms for:
Sensory nerves
Motor nerves
What are:
Afferent
Efferent