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| Name the "parts/organs of the nervous system: (4) |
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| Brain, spinal cord, nervous tissue, neurons |
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| What is required to initiate (start) a nerve signal? |
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| What is the function of a thermoreceptor? |
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| to detect heat and cold stimuli |
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| What is the function of a mechanoreceptor? |
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| to detect pressure stimuli |
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| What is the function of a photoreceptor? |
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| What is the function of a pain receptor? |
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| to detect painful stimuli |
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| The nervous system is broken into two parts: |
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| What substance allows a nerve signal to be transmitted from one nerve across the synaptic cleft to the next nerve? |
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| neurotransmitters (a chemical) |
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| Which side of your brain controls the right side of your body? |
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| What is the function of the sensory division of the nervous system? |
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| to receive stimuli from your sense organs |
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| Which part of a neuron receives stimuli? |
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| Which part of a neuron transmits the nerve signal? |
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| What is the coating of the axon called? |
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| What is the function of the meyelin sheath? |
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| To protect the axon and provide a faster transmission of the nerve signal. |
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| The sensory division is a part of the peripheral or central nervous system? |
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| What is the function of the spinal cord? |
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| To receive stimuli from the peripheral nervous system and transmit it to the brain, or bipass the brain in a reflex. |
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| What is the function of a motor neuron? |
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| To direct a muscle to react to a stimuli. |
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