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This is the largest part of the brain.

What is the cerebrum?

100

These are released from axon terminals.

What are neurotransmitters?

100

The Spinal Cord and Brain make up this part of the nervous system.

What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)

100

The presence of this part of the eye gives humans their blind spot.

What is the optic nerve?

100

These act as structural and functional support for neurons.

What are neuroglia?

200

Part of the brain typically called "little brain"

What is the cerebellum?

200

These carry instructions from the CNS to the tissues, organs, and organ systems.

What are motor neurons?

200

Involves Involuntary Responses to Internal Stimuli

What is the Autonomic Nervous System?

200

Language skills and analytical tasks are usually controlled here.

What is the Left Hemisphere.

200

Bundles of fibers that transmit sensory input and response output.

What is a nerve?

300

This separates the temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes.

What is the lateral sulcus?

300

This is located in the center of the cell body.

What is the nucleus?

300

This division of the nervous system carries information from receptors, to the CNS.

What is the afferent division?

300

This is the white part of the eye.

What is the Sclera?

300

When the concentration of Na+ ions is higher outside of the neuron cell.

What is resting state/potential?

400

This part of the brain can help control the endocrine system, by giving directions to the pituitary gland.

What is the hypothalamus?

400

If these were damaged, a neuron would not be able to receive a signal.

What are dendrites?

400

Voluntary control of skeletal muscles.

What is Somatic Nervous system

400

To disconnect the two hemispheres of the brain during your dissection, you had to cut here.

What is the corpus callosum?

400
A lumbar puncture collects this material, which is also located in the ventricles of the brain.

What is cerebrospinal fluid.

500

This system includes the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, and nucleus accumbens.

What is the Limbic System?

500

These glial cells line the vertebral and brain cavities.

What are ependymal cells?

500

This division is characterized by the phrase "rest and digest".

What is the Parasympathetic Division?

500

This part of the eye was colorful and shiny, and usually found in animals with good night vision.

What is the tapetum?

500

The main part of the brain that stores memories and emotions

What is hippocampus