Parts of a Neuron
Dendrites
The part that receives messages from other cells.
Medulla Oblongata
It controls automatic functions like your heart rate and your breathing.
Frontal Lobe
What controls our "humanity"
Located in the front of the brain
Somatic Nervous System
What controls voluntary movement
Neuron
A neuron transmits information through electrical and chemical signals
Myelin Sheath
What covers the axon and helps speed up neural impulses.
Cerebellum
Is in control of your balance and your coordination.
Motor Cortex
Controls the right side of the body
Located in the left hemisphere
Automatic Nervous System
Controls automatic body functions
Divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic
Temporal Lobe
A lobe located by your ears, what processes sounds
Terminal Branches
What forms junctions with other cells.
Hippocampus
What is in charge of memory processes
Auditory Cortex
What processes auditory information
Located in the temporal lobe, by your ears
Peripheral Nervous System
Controls every nerve encased in bone: NOT the brain and spinal cord.
Divided into somatic and automatic
Neurotransmitters
A chemical messenger that transmits signals from one neuron to another
Axon
The part that passes messages from the cell body to other neurons.
Amygdala
Somatosensory Cortex
What processes touch,temperature, and pain
Located in the parietal lobe
Central Nervous System
Contains the brain and spinal cord: the spinal cord ends messages to the brain
Glial Cells
Non-Neural cells in the Nervous System that protect and support the Neurons
Cell Body
The cell's support center; the main part of the cell
Thalamus
What relieves sensory information, and regulates motor functions.
Broca's Area
Located in the frontal lobe
Parasympathetic Nervous System
What automatically slows your body down after a stressful event.
Visual Cortex
Located in the Occipital lobe and is responsible for receiving visual information.