NEURONS
THE EYE
THE BRAIN
MORE BRAIN
OTHER NERVOUS
STUFF
100

Part of a neuron that contains the nucleus

CELL BODY

100

Clear Tissue over the Front of the Eye

CORNEA

100

Term for each one of two sides of the cerebrum

HEMISPHERE

100

This takes impulses from your retina to your brain

OPTIC NERVE

100

These sensory neurons detect Black & White and Shadows

RODS

200
Bring impulse towards cell body

DENDRITES

200

Light passes through here after the Aqueous Humor

PUPIL

200

Controls involuntary actions like breathing and heartbeat

BRAIN STEM

200

The fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

200

These sensory neurons detect color

CONES

300

Allows impulse to go to more than one neuron

AXON TIPS

300

Focuses Light

LENS

300

Coordinates muscle action and maintains balance

CEREBELLUM

300

The lobe that controls hearing

TEMPORAL

300

Cows, Deer, Cats & Dogs have this behind their retinas

TAPETUM

400

Carry impulse away from cell body

AXON

400

Light-Detecting Sensory Neurons make up this structure at the back of the Eye

RETINA

400

Where your retina attaches to your optic nerve

BLIND SPOT

400

This lobe interprets and analyzes vision

OCCIPITAL

400

This substance colors your Iris

MELANIN

500

Fat that surrounds the axon to increase speed of impulse

MYELIN SHEATH

500

Sphincter Muscle in your Eye

IRIS

500

Using things you already know to figure out something you don't know

INTEGRATED THOUGHT

500

All your nerves outside of your brain and spinal cord

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

500

Sodium, Potassium, Calcium are examples of these chemicals that cross synapses

neurotransmitters

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