Nervous system
Cells that make up the nervous system.
What are neurons?
This part of the neuron holds the nucleus.
What is the cell body?
This part of the brain controls the right side of the body.
What is the left hemisphere?
This is where the spinal cord is located.
What is the spine or vertebrae?
The nerves that are responsible for registering the senses.
What are sensory nerves?
What are CNS and PNS?
This part of the neuron is the long body of the cell.
What is the axon?
This part of the brain is associated with intelligence and memory.
What is the cerebrum?
This is a rapid and involuntary reaction to a stimulus.
What is a reflex action?
These nerves send impulses from the brain to the muscles.
What are motor nerves?
These make up the Central Nervous System.
This part of the neuron accepts the nervous impulse of the neuron before it.
What are dendrites?
This part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
Cells that make up the spinal cord.
What are neurons?
These nerves pick up stimuli and transform them into nerve impulses.
What are sensory receptors?
These make up the Peripheral Nervous System.
What are nerves?
This is the gap between two neurons.
What is a synapse?
This part of the brain is responsible for automatic movements such as breathing and digesting/
What is the brain stem?
The type of nerves that are attached to the spinal cord.
What are spinal nerves?
These nerves are attached to the brain stem.
What are cranial nerves?
The part of the brain that produces hormones such as FSH and LH.
What is the pituitary gland?
This chemical transmit the nerve impulse from one neuron to the next.
What is a neurotransmitter?
These layers protect the brain.
What are meninges?
The number of spinal nerves that are connected to the spinal cord.
What are 31 pairs?
This is the number of cranial nerves attached to the brain stem.
What are 10 pairs?