Mystery #1
The system in our body in which nerves transmit signals.
What is the Nervous System?
This is an automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus.
What is a reflex in the nervous system?
What the nervous system transmits to get us to respond to stimuli.
What are electrical signals?
This part of the body acts as a pathway for transmitting signals between the brain and the rest of the body.
What is the spinal cord in the Nervous System?
It is the number 1 organ for the nervous system.
What is the brain?
The cells that surround, protect and help the neurons
What are Glial cells?
This organ communicates with the rest of the body through the spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
What is the brain?
Chemical messengers that transmit signals between neurons
What are neuro transmitters?
The part of the peripheral nervous system that you control like sensory input and movement.
What is the Somatic nervous system response?
The part of the brain that regulates eye movement, processing visual signals.
What is the midbrain?
The basic units/cells of the nervous system, transmitting electrical signals to communicate information to the body.
What are neurons?
This has four sections: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral.
What is the spinal cord?
The two main parts of the central nervous system
What are the brain and the spinal cord?
The part of the Autonomic Nervous System response that controls "Rest and Digest".
What is the parasympathetic division?
The part of the brain that holds more than 1/2 the neurons, managing decision making, emotions, etc.
What is the cerebellum?
The structure of a neuron.
What is the cell body, dendrites, and axon?
This is the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections, as part of learning and memory.
What is neuro plasticity?
The body's regulation of its internal environment and various bodily functions.
What is homeostasis?
The part of the brain that manages unconscious activities like sleeping/waking, pain signals.
What is pons?
The four types of nerves
What is sensory, cranial, motor and spinal?
Allow us to monitor change and control processes critical to survival.
What are "systems"?
The two main divisions for the nervous system
What are the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous System?
The part of the Autonomic Nervous System response that controls "Fight or Flight".
What is the Sympathetic Division?
The part of our nervous system that manages our somatic and autonomic responses.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
This is a group of nuclei in the brain involved in motor control and coordination. Dysfunction in this area, often associated with conditions like Parkinson's disease, can lead to movement disorders.
What is the role of the basal ganglia in the nervous system?