Neurons
The part of a neuron that sends the signal away from the cell
What is an axon?
The largest part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
Your hearing operates primarily from this type of input
What is a mechanical stimulus/input
Receptors that respond to smells,tastes, or changes in blood chemistry
What is a chemical stimulus/ chemical receptor
Cones and Rods are examples of this
What is a sensory receptor/photoreceptor?
The part of a dendrite that binds to a neurotransmitter
What is a receptor site?
Parts of the brainstem include the pons, midbrain, and this structure
What is the medulla oblongata?
Taste buds are sensory receptors on your tongue that use this type of input
What is a chemical stimulus/input
Receptors that are stimulated by touch, vibration, or pressure changes
The fifth planet from the sun in our solar system
What is Jupiter?
The gap between the axon of a neuron and the dendrite of another
What is a synapse?
The part of your brain that is responsible for balance, walking, and other complex motor functions
What is the cerebellum?
Photoreceptors called cones and rods in your eye recognize this type of input
What is electromagnetic stimulus/input
The action or change in the body that occurs as a result of a nerve impulse being processed by the nervous system
What is a response?
The brain is made up of about 100 billion of these structures
What is a neuron?
The chemical message that is sent from an axon terminal to a dendrite
What is a neurotransmitter
The part of your brain that controls much of the involuntary actions such as breathing, blood pressure regulation, and sleep
What is the brainstem?
Your sense of touch operates via this type of input
What is mechanical stimulus/input
A protein based structure that recognizes and binds to a neurotransmitter
What is a receptor site?
The force of attraction that exists between any two masses in the universe
What is gravity?
The branched extension of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons
What is a dendrite?
The part of your brain that is responsible for thoughts, emotions, reading, and language
What is the cerebrum?
Name the 5 senses and the inputs they operate from
Touch/Hearing- Mechanical
Sight- Electromagnetic
Taste/Smell- Chemical
Nerve cells within the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle cells, or gland cells.
What is a neuron?
The part of the cerebrum of the brain that is responsible for processing all environmental stimuli
What is the thalamus?