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space between neurons
What is Synapse?
What is Pinna/Auricle?
The control center of the nerve cell which contains DNA.
What is Nucleus?
The clear tissue that covers the front of the eye.
What is Cornea?
Contains nucleus and cytoplasm.
3 bones.
Fluid filled with tiny nerve hair cells, size of a pea.
Cochlea
-made up of all the nerves outside the CNS
-Includes Cranial (head) and those coming form spinal cord
What is peripheral nervous system?
The circular structure that surrounds the pupil and regulates the amount of light entering the eye.
What is Iris?
Division of the nervous system, made up of the brain and spinal cord.
What is central nervous system(CNS)?
the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain
Takes message to the brain.
What is Auditory Nerve?
Transmits messages from brain to muscles and glands in your body.
What is motor neuron?
The layer of receptor cells at the back of the eye on which an image is focused.
What is Retina?
Any message carried by a neuron/nerve cell.
What is an impulse?
Equalizes pressure.
What is Eustachian Tube?
Lined with wax glands that secrete wax.
Subcacious gland secrets lipid like oil and fat.
What is Ear Canal?
Any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
What is response?
Receptor cells in the eye that work best in dim light and enable you to see black, white, and gray
What is Rod cells?
Receives information from sensory organs and sends impulses to brain or spinal cord.
What is sensory neuron?
Controls balance.
What is Semicirular canal?
An involuntary automatic response to stimulus.
What is a reflex?
Receptor cells in the eye that work best in bright light and enable you to see color
Carries impulses away from the cell body and send them to other neurons (is protected by myelin sheath)
What is Axon?