Nerve structures and cells
the branches that are connected off of the main cell
What is a dendrite?
The purpose of the axon in a nerve
what is connection?
The signal sent along the nerve
what is an action potential?
the lobe in front of the brain
What is the frontal lobe
A pulse that is sent from the body to the brain
What is an ascending impulse?
The system that is responsible for automatic functions of the body
what is the autonomic nervous system?
The purpose of the myelin sheath
what is speeding up signals?
The name of the chemicals required to send signals. Only in the nerve
what is a neurotransmitter?
The official name of brain fluid
What is Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
The part of the brain that contains myelinated cells
what is white matter?
the purpose of the sympathetic nervous system
What is rest and digest?
The purpose of an excitatory neurotransmitter
what is increase membrane permeability?
The act of the action potential beginning to increase in charge
What is depolarization?
The fissure that separates the parietal lobe and the temporal lobe
What is the transverse fissure?
The purpose of the corpus callosum?
What is the corpus callosum?
The cell responsible for connecting blood vessels to the nerve
The nervous system that includes the spine and brain
What is the Central Nervous system (CNS?)
The location where chemical signaling takes place
What is the synapse?
The very top of the brainstem
What is the thalamus?
The purpose of ventricles of the brain
What is holding brain fluid?
The nerve cell responsible for forming a membrane
what is ependymal cells?
The purpose of receptors on the dendrite
What is receiving chemical signals?
The proteins responsible for an action potential to take place (BOTH ARE REQUIRED)
What is the potassium channel?
What is the Sodium channel?
The three type of brain convultions (all 3 are required)
What is gyrus's, Fissure's, and Sulcus's?
The purpose of the Arachnoid mater in the layer between brain and skull
What is cushioning?