Brain
Tissues
Neurons
Pathways
Etc...
100

What portion of the brain controls conscious thought and movement

Cerebrum

100

What is gray matter mainly composed of?

Cell bodies

100

What is a signal sent by a neuron called?

Action Potential

100

This pathway is responsible for sending sensory information to the brain

Ascending pathway

100

This pathway is responsible for rest and digest

parasympathetic nervous system

200

What portion of the brain connects to the spinal cord

Brain Stem
200

What is white matter mainly composed of?

Axons

200

What is the white substance that surrounds axons called?

Myelin Sheath

200

This pathway is responsible for sending messages from the brain to the body

Descending pathway
200

an involuntary response to stimulus is what?

reflex

300

What is the superior portion of the brain stem called?

Midbrain

300

What is the hard outer layer of the meninges called?

Dura mater

300

Where do axons send and receive messages from one another?

synapses 

300

This system is responsible for the fight or flight response

sympathetic nervous system

300

What structure connects the left and right hemisphere of the cerebrum

Corpus Callosum

400

What is the inferior portion of the brain stem?

Medulla Oblongata

400

What portion of the meninges is highly vascular and follows the ridges of the brain?

Arachnoid mater

400

What part of an axon receives messages?

Dendrites

400

This pathway is responsible for voluntary movement

Pyramidal pathway 
400

Together the PSNS and SNS create what nervous system

autonomic nervous system

500

What are the valleys of the ridges of the brain called

Sulci

500

What portion of the meninges is nonvascular and is filled with fluid?

Pia Mater

500

What part of an axon sends messages?

Axon Terminal

500

This pathway is responsible for non-voluntary movement

extra pyramidal pathway

500

This pathway by which sensory nerves communicate with muscle nerves in the spinal cord

reflex arc

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