Reflexes
What are the five senses
sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
What are the 4 lobes of the brain
what are the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes?
The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and
Nerves
Name the four parts of the CNS
Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla oblongata, and the spinal cord
What is the name of the main body of a neuron?
Cell body
what is a reflex
An almost automatic response to something that corresponds with one of your five senses
This lobe is responsible for vision and sight
What is the Occipital Lobe?
What is the main job of the nervous system?
To control thoughts, movements, and feelings
What does the cerebrum control
Thinking, learning, and judgment
Which part of the neuron receives messages from other neurons?
Dendrites
What sense makes your hand pull away from a hoot fire
touch
This lobe is responsible for planning and complex thinking
What is the Frontal Lobe
Which disease damages the covering of nerves in the nervous system?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
What controls balance and the action of muscles
Cerebellum
The long tail-like part that carries messages away from the cell body is called
Axon
What is a natural response to someone swinging a hand at you
to back up
This lobe is responsible for hearing and our emotions
What is the Temporal lobe?
Parkinson’s disease mainly affects which part of the nervous system?
The nerves that control movement
What does the Medulla Oblongata
involuntary actions like blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.
What covers the axon and helps messages travel faster?
Myelin sheath
Which two senses tell you your near a dumpster
sight and smell
This lobe is responsible for sensory information and procesing
What is the Parietal lobe?
Epilepsy is a disorder of the nervous system that causes
Recurrent seizures (fits)
What is the communication link between the brain and body
The spinal cord
The part at the end of the axon that sends messages to the next neuron is called
Axon terminal