The Nervous System
This is made up of just the brain and the spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System
The part of the brain that controls your posture and balance?
What is the cerebellum
The fundamental unit of the nervous system.
What is the neuron
The organ that controls your emotions, your thoughts, and every movement you make
What is the brain
A reaction that happens without even thinking about it.
What is an involuntary reaction
The part of the brain that connects your brain to your spinal cord
What is the brain stem
The neuron _________ __________ contains cell
organelles and cytoplasm.
What is cell body
Name the five senses
What are smell, taste, hearing, touch, and sight.
Messages from neurons.
What are impulses
What part of the brain controls your thinking, memory, speaking, movement, and identifies information from your sense?
What is the cerebrum
The part of a neuron that receives messages
What is dendrite
This component is made up of the neurons (nerves)
What is the Peripheral Nervous System
Walking, talking, writing, and eating are all what type of actions?
What is voluntary actions
What are the three main parts of the brain?
What is the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brain stem
The part of a neuron that sends messages
What is axon
What three things make up the nervous system?
What is the brain, spinal cord, and nerves
Change in the environment
What is stimulus
Largest part of the brain
What is the cerebrum
Protects the axon & speeds up the transmission of
electrical impulses.
What is Myelin Sheath