Parts
Functions
Diseases & Injuries
Vocabulary
100
The part of the system that contains the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system
100
Nerves that control the voluntary muscles
What are peripheral nerves
100
Name 2 out of 3 possible diseases directly related to the nervous system
What is Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Syndrome, and Neuritis
100
A nerve cell
What is a neuron
200
The part of the system that contains nerves and gangila
What is the peripheral nervous system
200
Connects the body to the central nervous system
What is the peripheral nervous system
200
2 symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
What is muscle weakness, slurred speech, paralysis, blindness, and difficulty walking.
200
Groups of neurons surrounded in a connecting tissue
What are nerves
300
The part of the system that contains all information.
What is the brain
300
Receives input from the environment and send signals through the entire nervous system
What are sensory receptors
300
A symptom of Motor Neurone Syndrome
What is muscle weakness
300
made of millions of neurons and is found all over the nervous system
What is nerve tissue
400
The part that carries info through the body to the brain
What is the spinal cord
400
Stores all the information inside the body
What is the brain
400
A symptom of Neuritis
What is inflammation of the peripheral nerves
400
Insulation that keeps electrical impulses from jumping to the wrong neuron.
What is myelin
500
The part of the system that contains info and travels from the spinal cord to the brain
What is the peripheral nerves
500
Transmits signals in 2 directions between your brain and the rest of your body
What is the nervous system
500
Most serious injury that happens to the brain everyday around the world. (often in sports)
What is a concussion
500
Special cells that take in input from our surroundings and send signals throughout the nervous system
What are sensory receptors
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