Vocabulary
This is responsible for signals sent through neurons via chemicals.
What are neurotransmitters?
This clump of nerves commonly mistaken for a bone reacts with a ringing pain on certain contact.
What is the funny bone?
This organ is the command center of the body.
What is the brain?
This function of the peripheral nervous system connect the brain to the organs, limbs, and skin.
What are somatic functions?
This certain rush of dopamine often times happens after a strenuous exercise.
What is runners high?
A short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.
What are dendrite?
This form of extreme dizziness caused by a problem with the equilibrium of your inner ear.
What is vertigo?
This part deals with relaying messages through the body using signals sent through the nerves. It is the pathway for messages sent.
What is the spinal cord?
This functions of the autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary body functions like breathing and blinking.
What are autonomic functions?
This deficiency of calcium causes the shutdown of the central nervous system.
What is hypocalcemia?
These are special types of brain cells located in the brain stem.
What are motor neurons?
These three microscopic parts consisting of the dendrite, axon and myelin make up this part of the body.
What are the parts of nerves?
Cells that carry messages from one body part to another to indicate actions by electrical signals.
What are nerves?
This function of the sensory nervous system allows for the body to interact with the environment by stimuli and sensations.
What are sensory functions?
This sensation anomaly allows people to mix senses such as to hear colors, feel sounds, taste shapes, and in rare cases, feel others' emotions.
What is synthesia?
These are involuntary and instantaneous responses to stimuli. These are automatic and do not need thought.
What are reflexes?
This form of matter that contains neurons and nerves that occurs in the brain makes a greater appearance usually as you get older.
What is grey matter?
This system controls most of the body's and minds functions and is made up of two parts.
What is the central nervous system?
This function of the peripheral nervous system allows your body to connect with different body parts.
What are peripheral functions?
This form of memory loss occurs usually due to trauma and blocks out certain memories that are attributed to a form of trauma.
What is dissociative amnesia?
These are how nerves communicate with one another via electrical and chemical signals (neurotransmitters)
What are impulses?
This form of subliminal control over the nervous system using light can be used like a message to nerves as to make some disease less prominent.
What is nerve hacking?
This system is made up of millions of nerves, cells, and receptors that transmit signals to the command center of the body.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
This function of the central nervous system integrates information from the other parts of the nervous system and allows for a response.
What is homeostasis?
This form of sensation can be attributed to the brain and nearby nerves feeling sensation from a limb or other part of the body that was removed.
What are Phantom Pains?