Neurons
The space between neurons
What is a synapse?
A one celled animal that lives in water
What is a protozoan?
This is formed by the B cells.
What are antibodies?
A marker that helps identify a particular germ
What is an antigen?
The job of the nervous system is to do this.
What is to communicate messages around the body?
The long tail part of a neuron
What is an axon?
Causes athlete's foot.
What is a fungus? (fungi)
A macrophage is an example of this.
What is a white blood cell (or phagocyte)?
This doctor created the first vaccine.
Who is Jenner?
What message is so simple that it need not go to the brain?
What is a simple reflex?
Threadlike fibers that receive a message.
What are dendrites?
This may not be alive. A crystal of DNA or RNA.
What is a virus?
The job of a helper T cell is to do this.
What is to call the killer T cells; or to notify the body that it is under attack?
This chemist realized that microscope germs can spoil food and cause disease.
Whi is Pasteur?
This part of the brain controls your heart and breathing?
What is the medulla?
A bundle of neurons is called this.
What is a nerve?
A one celled plant like organism that causes many diseases like strep.
What are bacteria?
This organ is primarily "germ proof".
What is the skin?
This fluid contains cells that patrol the body and help get rid of germs.
What is lymph?
These parts of your body pick up messages and relay them to your nerves.
What are the senses or (sensory organs)?
This chemical group sends the message from neuron to neuron
What is a neuro-transmitter?
A chemical medicine that kills bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
These cells stay in the body and remember the germ that once attacked it.
What are memory cells?
This person conducted experiments on conditioning responses in dogs.
Who is Pavlov?
These neurons connect sensory to motor neurons.
What are inter neurons?