Neurons
Lobes of the Brain
Parts of the Brain
Terminolgy
Parts of the Nervous System
100
What are sensory neurons that receive stimuli
What is Afferent Neuron
100
What is the lobe responsible for vision
What is the Occipital Lobe
100
What has four lobes and the largets part of the brain?
What is the cerebrum
100
What carries impulses toward?the cell body of a neuron
What are Dendrites
100
What connects the CNS to every organ and body area
What is the Peripheral Nervous System
200
What is a connecting neuron or internuncial neuron
What is Associative Neuron
200
What is the lobe of the brain responsible for sensory and motor functions
What is the parietal Lobe?
200
What is located below the back of the cerebrum and Controls smooth muscle movements to maintain balance, posture, and muscle tone.
What is the Cerbellum
200
What is a single nerve fiber that carries impulses away from the cell body
What is an Axon
200
What has 12 pairs of nerves and connects the brain directly to the sense organs and other organs
What are the Cranial Nerves
300
What is a Motor neuron
What is efferent neuron
300
What is the lobe of the brain responsible for hearing and smell?
What is the temporal lobe
300
What is adjoins the spinal cord and influences the heart, lungs and blood pressure
What is the Medulla Oblongata
300
What surrounds axons or peripheral nerves to form the myelin sheath
What are Schwann Cells
300
What Prepares the body for “fight and flight response”
What is the Sympathetic Nervous system
400
What is it called when the inside of a neuron is more positive than the outside
What is Depolarization
400
What is the lobe of the brain responsible for emotions, personality, intelectual functions and speech?
What is the Frontal Lobe
400
What is located above the Medulla Conducts reflex actions with chewing, tasting, and secreting saliva and helps regulate breathing
What is the Pons
400
What is CNS
What is the Central Nervous System
400
What accelerates the activity in the smooth, involuntary muscles Increases heart rate and respiration Raises blood pressure and Slows activity in the digestive track
What is the Sympathetic Nervous system
500
What is the minute space between the axon terminal of one neuron and dendrite of the next neuron
What is a synaptic cleft
500
What is the largest part of the brain and has 4 Lobes?
What is the Cerebrum
500
What is Superior to Pons and controls movements of the eye
What is the Mid Brain
500
What is PNS
What is the Peripheral Nervous System
500
What counters the action of the sympathetic system and has 2 important nerves, vagus and pelvic nerve?
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System
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