Cerebral Cortex
This regions makes up how much of the brain?
What is 3/4
The PNS is split into two divisions: the sensory division and...
what is the motor division
These receive signals and transmit them to the cell body
What are dendrites
This region of the brain controls balance and movement
What is the cerebellum
The most abundant cell in the CNS
What is astrocytes
This lobe controls hearing, smell, and memory
What is the temporal lobe
These 2 organs make up the CNS
What are the brain and spinal cord
This provides insulation for the axon
What is the myelin sheath
The brain weighs...
What is 3 pounds
These supporting cells create the myelin sheath: neuron insulation...
What are Oligodendrocytes
Where higher cognitive function and decision making is done?
What is the frontal lobe
This is controlled by the voluntary nervous system
What are the skeletal muscles
What must flood the neuron for it to fire?
What is sodium (Na+)
This region of the brain sites on top of the brain stem
What is the diencephalon
These supporting cells act as a neurons immune or infection response team
What are Microglia
This lobe interprets sensory information like pain and temperature
What is the parietal lobe
This transmits messages from the PNS to the CNS
What is the sensory division
Neurons found in the CNS that perform integration are called...
What are interneurons
Melatonin is released by the area of the diencephalon
What is the epithalamus
Supporting cells that anchor neurons and absorb excess ions
What are astrocytes
This area of the frontal lobe controls speech and written language
What is the Broca's area
Overall, our nervous system performs 3 functions....which is done by the CNS?
What is Integration
The term for a neuron returning to its initial charge after a signal has been fired.
The pons is found on the brain stem and controls...
What is breathing
These supporting cells circulate CSF
What are ependymal cells