Nervous System
The functional unit of the nervous system, that sends and receives impulses
Neuron
The CNS is composed of these two organs
Brain & Spinal Cord
F, it's the size of a fist....bruh
This is being exchanged during respiration
gas
This term is often an anatomical structure, organ, or disease
root
This part of the Neuron receives impulses
Dendrite
The brain has this many lobes
4
True....
T/F Smoking kills nearly 1/2 Million Americans each year
T
This term is often directional and explains size, shape, color, and position
prefix
This part of the Neuron protects, especially the axon part of the neuron
Fill in the blank, Frontal, ________, parietal, and occipital
temporal
T/F The aorta sends blood out to the body
Troof
T/F 2nd hand smoke kills nearly 1,500 people each year
F, appx. 50,000
This part of the term often describes symptoms or a procedure, and gives more information about the root
suffix
This is the largest part of the neuron, where the nucleus is found
Cell body
This part of the brain is primitive in nature, controlling vital functions like breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, etc
brainstem or medulla
T/F Veins take blood away from the heart and arteries take blood to the heart
False!
These are small air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place
alveoli
Rhinorhea means what
runny nose
The nervous system is 1 of _____ control systems of the body (can you name the other one)
2, Endocrine
This nerve is a main parasympathetic nerve
vagus
T/F HRV means heart rate variability
True
When you exhale, the diaphragm descends, minimizing thoracic pressure
Encephalitis means what
inflammation of the head