Basic unit of the Nervous System
Neuron
Parts of the Central Nervous System
Brain and Spinal Cord
The water is referred to as a...
Stimulus
____ lobe is responsible for higher order thinking, voluntary movement and personality.
Frontal lobe
_____ neuron relays messages from PNS to CNS
Sensory
Two main divisions of Nervous System
Central and Peripheral
The eye is an example of a ______
receptor
______ lobe is responsible for visual processing.
Occipital
Two processes involved in adaptive plasticity
Sprouting and rerouting
_____ neuron carries messages away from the CNS
Motor
Fight or Flight is activated by _____ nervous system
Sympathetic
Lifting the water is an example of a....
response
______ lobe is responsible for spatial awareness.
Parietal
the ability of the brain to reorganize and form new neural connections in response to changes in the environment or injury
adaptive plasticity
_____ neuron transfers messages between motor and sensory neurons.
Inter
Two divisions of autonomic nervous system
sympathetic and parasympathetic system
The green line would be a _______
interneuron
______ lobe is responsible for language, memory and auditory processing.
Temporal
______ of neurons involves the redirection of neural signals to different areas of the brain.
rerouting
direction of electrical signal along a neuron (axon terminal to dendrite OR dendrite to axon terminal)
dendrite to axon terminal
Activation of _____ nervous system involves constricted pupils, slower heart rate and increased digestion.
parasympathetic
Steps of a reflex arc in the correct order
Name the lobes of the brain in order from blue -> yellow -> pink -> green
frontal lobe -> parietal lobe -> occipital lobe -> temporal lobe
_____ refers to a neuron’s ability to develop new branches on the dendrites or axons.
sprouting