Brain freeze
It weighs 3 pounds in the nervous system.
What is the brain weight?
The body had _____ amount of nerve cells.
What is 100 billion?
Function of a neuron.
What is receiving sensory input?
The spinal cord's function.
A column of nerve tissue that runs from the base of the skull down the center of the back.
The nervous system can be divided into 2 main groups.
What is the CNS and SNS?
This small brain part at the back coordinates movement.
What is the cerebellum?
Nerves send signals with this.
What are chemicals?
Neurons are_____ in size
What is 4 to 100 micrometers?
The function of the spinal cord is___.
What is carrying messages back and forth between the brain and body.
There are 2 different types of functions.
What are automatic and voluntary?
This part of the brain is responsible for decision making
This covers most nerves.
What is the mylian sheath?
Each neuron is__
What is being different from the rest?
DAILY DOUBLE (The spinal cord helps with this)
What is walking and movement?
This part controls our 5 senses.
What is the sensory system?
This is what your body does when you are faced with fear.
What is fight or flight?
A nerve is about this big.
What is a nanometer.
DAILY DOUBLE (Neurons can communicate with this)
What are synapses?
The spinal cord is this long.
What is 18 inches?
If we didn't have our nervous system what would stop working.
What is the circulatory system?
The region that regulates vital functions like heart rate and breathing.
What is the brain stem?
There are this many nerves are in the body.
True or false? When we are born we will have all the neurons we need. (Full caps)
FALSE?
What is the best system?
NERVOUS SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The most common cells in the nervous system are these.
What is neuron and glial cells?