Potluck
When the spinal cord responds in an emergency to a stimulus before the brain
what is a reflex?
The fluid like material found posterior to the lens.
What is vitreous humor?
This lobe of the brain contains the primary visual cortex and the visual association area
What is the occipital lobe?
The outer cartilaginous portion of the ear
What is the pinna?
This part of the neuron resemble branches of a tree and is the primary site for receiving signals
what are dendrites?
This part of the brain controls senses, thinking, and memory?
What is the cerebrum?
the muscle that focuses the lens (bends) and produces the aqueous humor.
What is the ciliary body?
This lobe of the brain contains the areas that are associated with hearing.
what is the temporal lobe?
these three bones are called ossicles and transfer vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the sensory cells of the inner ear
malleus, incus, stapes
The function of this part of a neuron is to insult it and increase nerve impulse speed
what is the myelin sheath
The space between an axon of a neuron that is communicating with a dendrite of another neuron
what is a synapse?
The tough white outer portion of the eye
sclera
This lobe of the brain contains the area of that processes sensory information such as body position and touch.
The structure that is responsible for balance
what are the semicircular canals?
this type of nerve carries signals from the CNS to glands and muscles
This part of the brain controls involuntary movements such as digestion and your heartbeat.
What is the medulla/spinal cord?
photoreceptor in the retina that allows for color differentiation.
What are cones
This lobe of the brain contains the primary motor cortex and motor association areas that control skeletal muscle movement as well as the area of the brain that is responsible for personality and judgment.
What is the frontal lobe?
What is the Eustachian tube?
This glial cells spiral wrapping around the neuron forms the myelin sheath
what is oligodendrocytes?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum
The adaptation that allows for night vision in some animals.
What is the tapetum lucidum?
this area of the brain deals with comprehension of speech
What is the wernicke area?
The snail like structure that contains the neurons for hearing
cochlea
this glial cell produces cerebrospinal fluid
what is ependymal cells?