UOI WEEK 4 Vocabulary

the brain stem

• cerebrum

• trachea

• medulla

• cerebellum

Top of brain, has four lobes

• cerebellum

• temporal lobe

• medulla

• cerebrum

The control center for the nervous system

• brain

• spinal cord

• heart

• lungs

tissue that carries blood to the heart

• artery

• vien

• chamber

• valve

branch like tissue on the end of a neuron that sends messages to other neurons

• axon

• synapse

• nucleus

• dendrites

where messages are passed between neurons

• axon

• synapse

• nucleus

• dendrites

bands of tissue all over the body that send messages to and from the brain

• viens

• dendrite

• arteries

• nerves

Tissue that goes from your brain all the way down your back. Nerves branch off to other parts of the body.

• brain

• spinal cord

• viens

• arteries

The long tail like nerve tissue

• axon

• synapse

• nucleus

• dendrites

The lower back of the brain. It focuses on muscle movement and balance.

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• frontal lobe

• medulla