Medical Detectives - The Nervous System

I'm feeling nerve-ous

100

This is the system that acts as the body's command center.

The Nervous system

200

Part of the Nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord

Central Nervous System

300

Part of the Nervous system containing nerves and neurons

Peripheral Nervous System

400

These neurons are responsible for detecting input stimuli

Sensory Neurons

500

These neurons are responsible for sending signals to muscles to trigger movement

Motor neurons

Name that part (of a neuron)

100

This is the part of a neuron that receives neurotransmitter signals

Dendrite

200

This is the part of the neuron that the signals travels down to the synapse. It acts like a computer wire to transmit the signal. 

Axon

300

This is the part of a neuron that coats the axon. 

Myelin Sheath

400

This is the part of the neuron that processes the signal

Cell Body

500

The small gap where signals are transferred from one neuron to another

Synapse

Inputs & Outputs

100

The 5 senses from which the human body receives input 

Touch, taste, smell, hear, sight

200

Aaron jumps in a cold pool and begins to shiver. This sense is responsible for the input signal.

Sense of touch

300

Rousseau opens a Bubblegum flavored Dum Dum and sees that it is orange. He makes a puzzled face. What is the output signal?

The puzzled face

400

Grace sees Kenzi from across the room and decides to wave. What is the input signal?

The sight of Kenzi

500

Mrs. Wright hears someone yell "good morning!" and she turns toward the door. What sense received the input?

Sense of hearing