Nervous system
What is the role of the nervous system?
It receives information about what is happening inside and outside the body and helps you respond to that change.
What neuron picks up a stimulus and converts it to a nerve?
Sensory Neuron
What are the two parts of the nervous system?
central and peripheral
What part of the brain controls your muscle movements and keeps your balance?
The cerebellum
What is a stimulus?
A change in the environment
What neuron sends an impulse to a gland or muscle, which enables a response?
Motor neuron
What two components are in the central nervous system?
The brain and spine
What part of the brain interprets messages from your senses and controls you memory, movement, and language.
Cerebrum
What is a response?
A reaction to a stimulus
What are the three different types of neurons?
Sensory, Inter neuron, and motor
Which nervous system has nerves that branch out across the whole body and controls both voluntary and involuntary actions.
Peripheral nervous system
What part of the brain controls your body’s involuntary actions, such as your heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?
Brain stem
What is a nerve impulse?
The message that a neuron/nerve cell carries
What is the synapse?
The gap between two neurons where a nerve impulse travels from an axon to a dendrite.
What is the function of the somatic nervous system?
To control voluntary actions and process sensory information like touch
What region of your brain keeps you from falling when you walk?
Cerebellum
What direction do nerve impulses flow?
Left to right
How do nerve impulses cross the synapse?
Electric signals turn into chemical signals
What is the function of the autonomic nervous system?
To control involuntary functions that your body performs without thinking
If a stroke victim has difficulty forming language, then what region of the brain has been affected?