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| Function of nervous system |
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1. Controls senses
2. Receives and sends information about activities in the body
3. Monitors and responds to change in the environment
Tell the body how to react and what to do
Monitors breathing, blood pressure, digestion |
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| Change in the environment |
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| Examples of stimuli and response |
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Stimuli-fly flying towards you
Response - you blink |
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| Nerve cell that you can't replace |
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| Largest part of the neuron, contains nucleus |
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| Carry message to and away the cell body of a neuron |
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| Carries message to and away from the cell body |
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| Tiny gap between two neurons |
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| Pathway of a message that travels as an electrical or chemical signal |
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| Cells that receive info from surroundings |
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| Kind of neuron that carries message to the spinal cord or brain |
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| Neuron that connects sensory and motor neurons |
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| Carries messages from brain or spinal cord to effector |
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| Muscle/ gland cell that is stimulated by a motor neuron |
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Contains brain and spinal cord
Control center of the body |
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| Main control center that transmits message to the spinal cord |
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1. Cerebrum
2. Cerebellum
3. Medulla |
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Largest part of the brain
Controls senses, thoughts, and conscience, emotions, attitude, personality |
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Part of brain that controls balance and coordinated muscle activities
Second largest coordinate |
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Part of the brain that controls involuntary actions
Connects to spinal cord |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| A network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connects to spinal cord |
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