NEURON ANATOMY
This is located inside the soma/cell body.
What is the nucleus?
This is the largest part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
This is the system in the body that controls activities through hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
What is the Central Nervous System?
These neurons take information from the brain to the body.
What are motor neurons?
These are the "fingerlike" branches that receive the information first and send it on through rest of the neuron.
What are the dendrites?
This is the part of the brain that controls balance & coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This is what happens when the nervous & endocrine systems work together to achieve stability & balance.
What is homeostasis?
This is the part of the nervous system responsible for involuntary movements like sneezing.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
These are found between neurons connecting them together.
What are interneurons?
These are located at the end of the axon and where you will find the neurotransmitters.
What are axon terminals?
This part attaches the brain to the spinal cord.
What is the brain stem?
These are how hormones travel through the body.
What are blood vessels?
This is part of the nervous system that contains the nerves & ganglia.
What is the peripheral nervous sytem?
What are sensory neurons?
In some neurons, these are covered in a myelin sheath.
What are axons?
This is another name for brain stem.
What is the medulla oblongata?
An example of a gland that is part of the endocrine system.
What is the thyroid gland?
The body system that controls voluntary actions.
What is the somatic nervous system?
These nerves come directly from the brain.
What are the cranial nerves?
This is the purpose of a neuron having a myelin sheath.
This part of the brain controls reasoning and stores your memories.
What is the cerebrum?
This is the purpose of hormones.
What are chemical messengers that tell the organs & tissues what to do?
This is the part of the autonomic nervous system that helps you to respond quickly to danger.
What is the fight or flight response?
These nerves connect directly from the spinal cord to the rest of the body.
What are spinal nerves?