Three layers of membranes that cover and protect your brain and spinal cord.
MENINGES
A network of nerves that relaxes your body after periods of stress or danger.
PARASYMPATHETIC
The part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements.
SOMATIC PNS
Cerebral palsy affects neurons in which part of the body?
BRAIN
A network of nerves that helps your body activate its “fight-or-flight” response
SYMPHATETIC
A component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal.
AUTONOMIC PNS
TEMPORAL LOBE
They resemble a tree-like structure, forming projections that become stimulated by other neurons and conduct the electrochemical charge to the cell body.
DENDRITES
2 BRANCHES OF AUTONOMIC PNS
PARASYMPATHETIC, SYMPHATETIC
A portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body
AXON
Which system is responsible for preparing you to act quickly when you see a big dangerous dog running towards you?
sympathetic nervous system