Divisions
This division sends impulses from the senses to the central nervous system.
What is sensory?
Caused by damage or abnormal development in the parts of the brain that control movement.
What is cerebral palsy?
What is brain?
What part of the neuron receive the nerve impulse from the senses or another neuron?
What are dendrites?
What are the 3 types of neurons
What is unipolar, bipolar, multipolar?
This division sends impulses from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands.
What is motor?
Brain disorder that causes seizures.
What is epilepsy?
Extends from the medulla to the oblongata. Hint: divided into cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
What is the spinal cord?
What is the passageway for nerve impulse after cell body?
What is an axon?
Type of neuron that has one process.
What is unipolar?
This division is used in emergency situations. Hint: Fight or flight
What is sympathetic?
Causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination.
What is parkinson's disease?
What are the senses?
What part of the neuron contains the nucleus?
What is cell body?
Type of neuron that has two processes.
What is bipolar?
This division reduces sympathetic response and provides resting functions such as digestion and urination.
What is parasympathetic?
An inflammation of the protective membrane covering the brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis?
Passes impulses throughout the body.
What are nerves?
What part of the neuron insulates the axon?
What is the myelin sheath?
Type of neurons that have many processes (several dendrites and one axon).
What is multipolar?