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Three parts of a neuron
What is cell body (soma), axon, and dendrite?
100
Name one of the methods of the studying the brain.
What is PET, MRI, EEG, CT?
100
This hormone stimulates the thyroid.
What is Thyroid stimulating hormone?
100
These are responsible for color in the eye.
What are cones?
100
This nerve carries visual impulses to the brain.
What is optic nerve?
200
The part of the nervous system does rest and digest.
What is parasympathetic?
200
This is referred to as the "little brain."
What is cerebellum?
200
This hormone is stimulated by the thyroid.
What is thyroxine?
200
The most common of the special senses.
What is touch?
200
The white part of the eyeball.
What is sclera?
300
The division of the nervous system that controls skeletal muscles.
What is somatic nervous system?
300
This is the largest part of the brain.
What is cerebral or cerebrum?
300
This organ in humans secretes insulin and glucagon for blood sugar.
What is the pancrease?
300
Name the 5 special senses.
What is hearing, balance, sight, sound, and smell?
300
This area has centers for respiration and heart rate in the brain stem.
What is medulla oblongota?
400
This around a nerve can speed up how fast a nerve impulse goes.
What is myelin?
400
These are the three parts of the brain stem.
What is the midbrain, pons, and the medulla oblongota?
400
This hormone is released during stress.
What is cortisol?
400
The visual area of the cerebrum of the brain.
What is occipital cortex?
400
An example of these things include, serotinin.
What is a neurotransmitter?
500
These two chemicals are involved in the depolarization and/or repolarization of nerves.
What is Sodium (Na) and Potassium (K)?
500
This is the "weblike layer" of the meninges.
What is Arachnoid mater?
500
Female birth control includes these two hormones.
What is estrogen and progesterone?
500
This structure inside the body produces CSF
What is CerebroSpinal Fluid
500
This part of the nerve root transmits "away" from the nerve cell.
What is an Axon?