Subdivisions
Consists of the spinal cord and brain
CNS
Abnormal electric discharges that cause seizures
Epilepsy
The cell body of a neuron
Axon
Neur-
Neuron, nerve, nervous system
Consists of the cranial and spinal nerves
PNS
Broca Aphasia
The largest part of the brain, composed of right and left hemispheres
Cerebrum
Gli-, -glia-
[glue] glia, neuroglia
Controls involuntary bodily functions
ANS
Tend to jumble words and can't be understood by others
receptive aphasia
hippocampus
[Pertaining to a tree] dendrite, dendron
Prepares the body for physical activity, Used for fight-or-flight responses
Sympathetic division
Crippling inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
poliomyelitis
The part where all sensory impulses are processed
Thalamus
Fascicl-, fascicul-
[little bundle] fasciculus
Used to "rest and digest", for examples slows heart rate
Parasympathetic division
The most common type of brain tumor
Gliomas
The point where neurons make contact with each other
synapses
Cortic-, cortex
[bark, rind] outer layer (of an organ)