Nervous System Cells
The main cells of the nervous system that receive and transmit information
What are neurons?
The cell body of a neuron
What is soma?
The "little brain" responsible for balance and motor skills such as piano playing
What is the cerebellum?
The number of lobes in the entire cortex
What is 6?
The chemical messengers that the nervous system uses to communicate
What are neurotransmitters?
Neurons that make contact with environment and detect changes
The part of a neuron that receives information
What are dendrites?
The main part of the brain that is responsible for higher mental processing
What is the cerebral cortex?
The back lobe of the brain that is responsible for visual processing
What is the occipital lobe?
The part of the brain responsible for factual, episodic, or declarative memory.
What is the hippocampus?
Neurons that act as the link between environment and perception
The long part of a neuron that transmits information in the form of an action potential
What is axon?
Structure that regulates hormones, maintains homeostasis within the vital organs, and impacts emotional behaviors.
What is the hypothalamus?
The side lobes of the brain that function in auditory processing
What are temporal lobes?
Which lobe houses the hippocampus?
What is the temporal lobe?
Neurons that produce a response to a stimulus
What are motor neurons?
The protective covering of the axon
What is myelin sheath?
What is the limbic system?
The front part of the brain that contains motor cortex and is essential for personality and planning
What is frontal lobe?
The malformation of lower cranial nerves & cerebellum causes facial weakness, hearing loss, & visual deficits from CSF buildup.
What is the Arnold-Chiari malformation Type 1?
Non-neuronal cells that provide protection and support for neurons
The end of the neuron's axon that releases neurotransmitters from the vesicles into the synaptic cleft.
What is the synaptic terminal?
The part of the brain that acts as a meeting point for sensory input from various senses
What is the thalamus?
The top middle part of the brain that contains the somatosensory cortex
In this neuroimaging, white matter appears in darker gray and gray matter appears in lighter gray.
What is T2 weighted MRI?