The integrative and control center consisting of the brain and spinal cord
What is Central Nervous System
100
One of the three functions of the NS where millions of sensory receptors are used to monitor changes occurring both inside and outside of the body
What is Sensory Input
100
The most abundant and most versatile glial cells
What is Astrocytes
100
This portion of the neuron is the major biosynthetic center of a neuron and contains the usual cell organelles
What is Cell Body
100
Who is hosting the NFC Championship game next weekend in the NFL?
What is Seattle Seahawks
200
Communication lines between the CNS and the rest of the body consisting of cranial nerves and spinal nerves
What is Peripheral Nervous System
200
One of the three functions of the NS where info is processed and interpreted and decisions are made as to what should be done at each moment
What is Integration
200
Small ovoid cells with relatively long "thorny" processes which touch nearby neurons and monitor their health
What is Microglia
200
Short, tapering, branching extensions of a neuron that receive information/input from other neurons
What is Dendrites
200
In what month was Swift born?
What is May
300
Conducts impulses from receptors to the CNS made up of somatic and visceral sensory nerve fibers
What is Sensory (afferent) Division
300
One of the three functions of the NS where a response is caused by activating effector organs: muscles/glands
What is Motor Output
300
Ciliated glial cells which line the central cavities of the brain and spinal cord
What is Ependymal Cells
300
This portion of a neuron generates nerve impulses and transmits them (typically) away from the cell body
What is Axon
300
What is the largest country (by area) in the world?
What is Russia
400
Conducts impulses from the CNS to effectors (muscles/glands) made up of motor nerve fibers
What is Motor (Efferent) Division
400
This term refers to information being carried TO the CNS
What is Afferent
400
Branching cells with fewer processes than astrocytes that line up along the thicker neuron fibers n the CNS
What is Oligodendrocytes
400
This portion of a neuron is formed by Schwann cells and protects and insulaste fibers. It increases the speed of transmission of nerve impulses
What is Myelin Sheath
400
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
What is A squared plus B squared = C squared
500
These are the TWO divisions of theAutonomic Nervous System. One mobilizes body systems during activity, and the other conserves energy and promotes house-keeping functions during rest
What is Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Divisions
500
This term refers to information being carried FROM the CNS to effector organs/glands
What is Efferent
500
These cells surround and form myelin sheaths around the larger nerve fibers in the PNS
What is Schwann Cells
500
Gaps in the myelin sheath that occur at regular intervals along the axon