This name is referring to the division of the nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
100
Impulses are fastest in nerves that have this substance around their axons.
What is myelin?
100
Gustatory hair cells provide us with this sense.
What is taste?
100
Tough white connective tissue forms this part of the fibrous layer of the eye.
What is the sclera?
100
Equilibrium receptors are located in this region of the ear.
What is the inner ear?
200
Schwann cells form myelin around this part of the neuron.
What is the axon?
200
The function of the olfactory nerve concerns this.
What is smell?
200
This taste sensation was discovered by the Japanese in the early 1900s, and means deliciousness. It was not recognized by science until 100 years later when scientists realized that there actually were specialized protein receptors that produced this flavor.
What is umami?
200
The pupil is an opening within this structure.
What is the iris?
200
This is another name for the ear drum.
What is the tympanic membrane?
300
These are the Neuron processes that receive stimuli.
What are dendrites?
300
The control of temperature, metabolism and endocrine activity are functions of this structure.
What is the hypothalamus?
300
The images received on the medial side of each eye cross over to the opposite side of the brain at this structure, while the images on the lateral sides remain on the same side of the brain.
What is the optic chiasm?
300
This area of the retina contains only cones and is the area of sharpest visual accuity.
What is the fovea centralis?
300
The malleus, incus and stapes are collectively referred to as tiny bones or these.
What are ossicles?
400
This is the gap between two communicating neurons.
What is the synaptic cleft?
400
Loss of muscle coordination results from damage to this region of the brain.
What is the cerebellum?
400
Movement of otoliths along hair cells provide us with this specific type of equilibrium sensation?
What is static equilibrium?
400
This is the middle layer of the eye that contains vascularization and pigment to prevent light from scattering.
What is the choroid?
400
This is the structure that an ear infection following a cold can pass through to get to the middle ear.
What is the eustachian (auditory) tube?
500
This is the innermost layer of the meninges.
What is the pia mater?
500
This substance is released the the axonal endings to propogate a nervous impulse.
What is a neurotransmitter?
500
Dynamic equilibrium receptors are located within these structures in the inner ear?
What are the semicircular canals?
500
This is the gel-like substance that helps maintain intraocular pressure and prevents the eye from collapsing.