Nervous System Academic Vocabulary

Nervous System Academic Vocabulary

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Sensory neuron

• neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system

• neurons that carry outgoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

• the part of the cerebral cortex that deals with abstract thought, planning, self-control, and contains the motor cortex

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Define Motor neuron

• the part of the brain that controls heartbeat and respiration

• the part of the brain that processes sensations, sends out directions for movement, creates language, does all conscious thinking and planning

• neurons that carry outgoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands

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Define Interneurons

• the part of the cerebral cortex that contains the sensory cortex and lots of association areas

• central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

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Define Medulla

• the part of the brain that controls heartbeat and respiration

• the part of the brain that deals with sleep, dreaming, and facial expression

• the part of the brain that controls the hormone system, which is in charge of hunger, thirst, growth, body temperature, and other functions

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Define Pons

• the part of the brain that deals with sleep, dreaming, and facial expression

• a specialized cell that passes messages; a nerve cell

• the part of the brain that creates basic fear or anger responses

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_______________ a chemical messenger that travels through the synapses between neurons and unlocks dendrites to create an action potential

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_____________ the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the central and peripheral nervous systems

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the brain and the spinal cord

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Define Peripheral nervous system

• the part of the brain that processes sensations, sends out directions for movement, creates language, does all conscious thinking and planning

• the brain and the spinal cord

• the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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Define Autonomic nervous system

• neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system

• the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic functions such as the endocrine system and the internal organs

• the part of the brain that controls heartbeat and respiration

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the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving energy

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the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles

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Define Neuron

• a specialized cell that passes messages; a nerve cell

• the part of the neuron that carries the electrical message away from the cell body, toward another cell

• an electrical charge that travels through a neuron

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Define Dendrite

• the space between the axon of the sending neuron and the dendrites of the receiving neuron

• the branches of a neuron that receive chemical messages and begin electrical messages toward the cell body

• the part of the parietal lobe that processes pain and touch information from the body

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Define Action potential

• an electrical charge that travels through a neuron

• the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the central and peripheral nervous systems

• the part of the brain that deals with sleep, dreaming, and facial expression

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Define Axon

• the part of the neuron that carries the electrical message away from the cell body, toward another cell

• the space between the axon of the sending neuron and the dendrites of the receiving neuron

• a chemical messenger that travels through the synapses between neurons and unlocks dendrites to create an action potential

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Define Synapse

• the part of the cerebral cortex that deals with abstract thought, planning, self-control, and contains the motor cortex

• the space between the axon of the sending neuron and the dendrites of the receiving neuron

• the brain and the spinal cord