NS 1
The primary cell that builds all the structures of the nervous system
What is a Neuron
The 3 structures that make up the nervous system
What are the Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves
This makes up the central nervous system
WHat is the brain and spinal cord
This is controlled by the Somatic division of the nervous system
What is Voluntary movement of the body
The peripheral system is made of ________ and it brnaches from ___________
What are nerves and spinal cord
The acronym PNS
What is the peripheral nervous system
The acronym CNS
Central Nervous System
The division of the PNS made up of nerves that control involuntary body responses and functions.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System
The function of the Myelin Sheath on an axon
What is to speed up nerve impulses
The pathway of the sensory division of the PNS
What is sending impulses from the sensory to the CNS
Two subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System--and the function of each
what is the Sympathetic "Fight of Flight" and Parasympathetic Division- "rest and digest"
FOUR Functional parts of a neuron
What are 1- cell body (soma) 2- dendrites 3- axon 4- myelin sheaths 5- axon terminals 6- nodes of Ranvier
This structure transmits nerve impulses from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body
What is the spinal cord
The sections of the brain?
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem
The right hemisphere of the brain controls __________
What is Left
The central nervous system is made of these organs
brain and spinal cord
Sends messages between two neurons
What are Neurotransmitters
These are the 3 types of neurons
What are Motor (efferent), sensory (afferent), and interneurons
Pick two lobes of the brain and explain their functions.
What is:
Temporal: auditory info integration
Occipital: visual info
Frontal: executive function
Parietal: sensory info
The name of the space between dendrites and axon terminals?
What is Synaptic cleft
The 3 parts of the brainstem
What are the Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla oblongata
The ridge of the brain
What is Gyri
An Action Potential is activated it is _________ on the outside and _____________ on the inside
What is negative and positive
The gap where nerve cells communicate and release neurotransmitters
What is a synapse
The parts of the diencephalon
What are the Hypothalamus, Thalamus, and Pituitary gland