General
Neurons
The Brain
The Eye
Other Senses
100
The division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
100
Fibers of a neuron that carry information toward the cell body
What are dendrites?
100
The lobe of the brain that is responsible for personality, judgement, self control and voluntary movement
What is the cerebellum?
100
The opening in the iris that allows light to enter the eye
What is the pupil?
100
Chemical Senses
What are taste and smell?
200
The division of the nervous system that includes the cranial and spinal nerves
What is the peripheral nervous system?
200
 The long fiber of a neuron that carries the signal from the cell body to other nerve cells
What is an axon?
200
The cerebral lobe that controls vision
What is the occipital lobe?
200
Transparent front portion of the eye
What is the cornea?
200
The nerve that carries sound impulses from the inner ear to the brain
What is the auditory nerve?
300
Nerve fibers that have a myelin covering
What is white matter?
300
Neurons that relay messages between other neurons
What are interneurons?
300
The part of the brain primarily responsible for thought, memory, voluntary actions, thinking and intelligence
What is the cerebrum?
300
The sensory structures of the inner ear that contribute to balance
What are the semicircular canals?
400
The protective layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord
What is the meninges?
400
Neurons that carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the parts of the body
What are motor neurons?
400
The part of the brain that functions primarily to coordinate skeletal muscle activity
What is the cerebellum?
400
The snail shaped structure of the inner ear that senses sound vibrations and generates nerve impulses
What is the cochlea?
500
A disease of the spinal cord caused by a virus that destroys motor neurons
What is poliomyelitis?
500
The junction between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of another nerve cell
What is a synapse?
500
The lowest part of the brain stem which controls breathing and heartbeat
What is the medulla oblongata?
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