Nervous System
The study of the nervous system - its structure, functions, disorders, and diseases
What is neurology?
The white of the eye
What is the sclera?
Part of the brain that is involved in conscious thought, memory, and interpreting sensory information
What is the cerebrum?
the sensory receptors that respond to heat and cold
What are thermoreceptors?
the challenges that face us in life and our responses to them
The actual nerve cells of the body
Neurons
the transparent portion at the front of the eye
What is the cornea?
controls skeletal muscles during complex movements
What is the cerebellum?
the sensory receptors responsible for sensations of touch and pressure
What are mechanoreceptors?
a disorder in which you binge eat to feel better then purge your body
What is bulimia?
What is the cell body?
the colored part of the eye
What is the iris?
controls involuntary muscles and activities in your body
What is the brain stem?
the means by which sensory information is obtained and relayed to the spinal cord or brain
What are sensory receptors?
What are anxiety disorders?
branching extensions from the cell that receive impulses from other neurons and send them to the cell body
What are dendrites?
the opening in the eye through which light enters
What is the pupil?
this cerebral lobe is associated with personality, judgment, and self-control
What are the frontal lobes?
Nerve endings sensitive to chemicals
What are chemoreceptors?
disorder in which you allow your appetite to control you
These carry nerve impulses away from the cell body
What are axons?
The hollow chamber that contains three tiny bones that receive the vibrations from the eardrum
What is the middle ear?
This lobe allows you to feel sensations such as temperature, pressure, and pain, as well as recognize shapes and textures
What are the parietal lobes?
These cerebral lobes are associated with the senses of hearing, taste, and smell
What are the temporal lobes?
discouragement is the forerunner to this mental sickness
What is depression?