Body Control
The two organ systems that control all the other organ systems.
What are the nervous and endocrine systems?
The number of primary vesicles in a developing brain.
What are 3 ?
Connects the 2 hemispheres of the brain.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
The cranial nerve responsible for the sense of vision.
What is the Optic Nerve (CN 2)?
Blood returns to the heart from the brain via this vein.
What is the jugular?
The brain and spinal cord make up this part of the nervous system.
What is the Central Nervous System?
As the neural groove changes shape, the neural ________________ is formed.
What is fold?
The real term for the "wrinkles" of the brain.
What is gyrus?
An automatic, involuntary motor response to a specific stimulus.
What is a reflex?
What are neurotransmitters?
The part of the autonomic nervous system that helps us relax.
What is the parasympathetic division?
The number of secondary vesicles that are formed.
What is 5 ?
The region of the brain that makes emotions, secretes hormones and regulates body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
The complex, interwoven network of nerves along the vertebral column
What is a nerve plexus?
The main blood supply to the front of the brain comes through this artery.
What is the carotid artery?
Contains the nerves that deal with the senses as well as certain muscle movements.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
The precursor to the brain and spinal cord.
The part of the brain that allows us to have conscious thought, memory and gives us the ability to "think".
What is the Cerebrum?
The cranial nerve that controls the organs of the body.
What is the Vagus nerve?
A change in homeostasis OR a particular event in the environment.
What is a stimulus?
The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for increasing metabolism and blood flow.
What is the Sympathetic division?
The liquid that fills the hollow chambers in the center of the brain as well as surrounds the spinal cord.
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
The layers that surround and protect the brain.
What are the meninges?
The branch of the nervous system that coordinates cardiovascular, digestive, excretory and reproductive functions.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System.
The layer of the embryo that forms the 1st simple brain.
What is the ectoderm?