Nervous System Structure
The basic functional unit of the nervous system.
What is a Neuron?
The two main components of the central nervous system.
What are the Brain and Spinal Cord?
The part of the parietal lobe that helps you feel the surroundings around you.
What is the Sensory Cortex?
The junction between two neurons where communication occurs.
What is a Synapse?
The type of neuron that transmits sensory information to the central nervous system.
What is a Sensory Neuron?
This part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons.
What are Dendrites?
The outer layer of the cerebrum involved in complex behaviors and higher functions.
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
This section of the frontal lobe Controls voluntary movements.
What is the Motor Cortex?
The chemical messengers released by neurons to transmit signals across the synapses.
What are Neurotransmitters?
The type of neuron that carries signals from the central nervous system to cells that respond to stimuli like muscles.
What is a Motor Neuron?
The long extension of a neuron that transmits signals to other cells.
What is Axon?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the Cerebellum?
The part of the brain that's responsible for your imagination ideas and processing of symbols or information.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This neurotransmitter is involved in muscle movement and memory.
What is Acetylcholine?
This is an involuntary action of when a message is sent to the spinal cord.
What is a Reflex?
The insulating layer around many axons that speeds up signal transmission.
What is the Myelin Sheath?
The brain structure that regulates vital functions such as heart rate and breathing.
What is the Brainstem?
The part of the brain that is responsible for speech smell and hearing.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
These proteins on the postsynaptic cell bind neurotransmitters to initiate a response.
What are Receptors?
This part of the eye detects light and sends signals to the brain.
What is the Retina?
What is the electrical impulse that travels through the axon of a neuron.
What is Action Potential?
The part of the brain that controls your thinking and attention.
What is the Front Lobe.
The part of the brain that is responsible for visual Processing.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
What is the serotonin?
These are the primary connecting links between sensory and motor neurons.
What are interneurons?