Our Nervous System
The 3 parts of the nervous system
What are the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
The outermost layer of our skin
What is the epidermis?
Thin folds of skin that cover our eyes
What are eyelids?
Gasses in the air
What are smells?
The 3 components of the skeletal system
What are bones, joints and ligaments?
Part of the brain that controls intelligence, memory, personality, emotion, speech and the ability to feel and move
What is the cerebrum?
The layer of skin that contains nerve endings
What is the dermis?
A small hole that lets light into the eye
What is the pupil?
Cells in the nose that detect gasses in the air and send nerve impulses to the olfactory nerve
What are olfactory cells?
An action preformed by skeletal muscle
What is running, jumping, writing.....?
Part of the brain that controls our breathing and heartbeat
What is the brain stem?
Part of the ear that detects vibrations and produces nerve impulses
What is the cochlea?
Liquid composed of water, oils and minerals that helps keep the eye clean
What are tears?
Tiny pink bumps on the tongue that detect special chemicals in the things that we eat and drink
What are taste buds?
The number of bones that are in the human body
What is 206?
the two types of nerves
What are sensory nerves and motor nerves?
Organ that allows us to feel pressure, temperature and textures
What is the skin?
Part of the eye that detects light and colors
What is the retina?
The four main tastes
What are sweet, salty, sour and bitter?
2 actions that are involuntary
What are breathing, digesting food or sweating?
The part of a neuron that receives nerve impulses from other nerve cells.
What are the dendrites?
Substance in the inner ear that protects the ear from bacteria, dirt and water
What is wax?
Part of the eye that projects an upside-down image onto the retina
What is the lens?
2 things that can damage the taste buds
What are smoking, eating food with too much salt and sugar, or burning your tongue with hot food or drink?
Location of the smallest bone in the human body
What is the ear?