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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
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Structure
Function
100
A nerve cell; transmits information throughout the body
What is neuron
100
The difference in electrical charge across a cell membrane
What is a resting potential
100
Suppose you stepped on a something. What would we call the "something" in a reflex act? What is a _______?
Stimulus
100
The site of capacity for learning, memory, perception and intellectual function
What is the cerebrum?
100
It contains neurons that branch throughout the body?
What is the peripheral nervous system.
200
A signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses
What is neurotransmitter
200
The membrane potential of a neuron at rest
What is membrane potential
200
You jerked your leg away from the stimulus before you were aware of what happened. The impulse traveled from the _____ in the skin?
Receptor
200
It regulates balance, posture and movement.
What is cerebellum?
200
It consists of the pons and medulla oblongata?
What is the brain stem
300
A part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons
What is dendrite
300
The part of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses
What is an axon
300
A reflex acts/arcs occurs without _______.
Thinking
300
It consists of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
300
It regulates breathing, heart rate and endocrine functions?
What is hypothalamus
400
A junction at which a neuron meets another cell
What is synapse
400
A bundle of neurons
What is a nerve
400
When an impulse travels from the receptor in the skin, it travels along ____________ neuron to an ___________.
A sensory neuron to an inter-neuron.
400
The body’s main processing center.
What is the brain?
400
It relays sensory information?
What is the Thalamus?
500
A nerve impulse
What is action potential
500
The insulating covering that surrounds an axon
What is the myelin sheath
500
When an impulse travels from the receptor in the skin, along a sensory neuron to an inter-neuron. It travels across another ___________ to a _________ neuron.
Synapse to a motor neuron.
500
The dense cable of nervous tissue that runs through the vertebral column
What is the spinal cord?
500
What is: a. It link neurons to each other? b. It carries motor responses from the central nervous system to muscles, glands and other organs? c. It carries information from sense organs to the central nervous system?
a. Interneurons b. Motor neuron c. Sensory neuron