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| What are the primary functions of the nervous system? |
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| Sensory input, integration and motor input |
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| A cell that carries information through your nervous system |
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| The message that a neuron carries. |
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| What is the job of a dendrite? |
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| Carrying impulses toward the neuron's cell body. |
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| What is the role of an axon? |
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| Carries impules away from the neurons body cell |
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| A bundle of nerve fiber is called a _________ |
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| Name the 3 kinds of neurons found in the body and tell the functions for each one. |
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1) Sensory: Picks up a stimuli from the internal and external eviroments
2) Interneuron: Carries nerve impulses from one neuron to the other
3) Motor: Sends an impulse to a muscle or gland and they react in response |
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| The junction where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another stucture |
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| The control center of the body incudes |
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| The brain and spinal cord |
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| The _______ is located in the skull, controls most body functions |
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| The ______ _____ is the thick column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the body |
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| What is the largest part of the brain? |
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| The _____ half controls movement on the left side of the body is associated with ____________ and ______ ability |
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| right, creativity, and artist |
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| The ____ half controls movement on the right side of the body is associated with ________ skills and _____ thinking |
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| left, mathmatical, logical |
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| What is the 2nd largest part of the brain and what is it responsible for? |
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| The Cerebellum and controls the coordination and balance |
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| What is between the cerebellum and the spinal cord and what does it control? |
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| The Brain Stem and it controls involuntary actions |
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| The spinal cord is the link between your brain and the ____ _____ system |
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| The Spinal Cord is protected by the _____, 3 layers of _____ tissue, and a _____ fluid |
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| Vertabal Column, Connective, Watery |
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| Consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the ____ ____ ____ and connects it to the rest of the body, and it is involved in both involuntary and voluntary actions |
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| The Central Nervous System |
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| What is a Bruiselike injury which occurs when soft tissue in the brain collides against the skull? |
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