Nervous System Vocabulary

The cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.

• Vertebra

• Spinal Cord

• Nerve Impulse

• Axon

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One of the major divisions of the vertebrate brain.

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Axon

• Brainstem

Also called a nerve cell- cells that carry information through our body

• Motor

• Neuron

• Axon

• Nerves

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Ends of the axon- carries signals to the next nerve cell

• axon

• axon tips

• nerves

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Space/ chemicals that acts like a bridge to connect nerve cells to each others

• Sensory

• Axon

• Synapse

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Type of neuron that sends nerve impulse to muscles

• Motor Neuron

• Sensory Neuron

• Nucleus Neuron

• Muscle Neuron

Type of neuron that picks up nerve impulse from the outside of the body

• Synapse

• Sensory Neuron

• Interneuron

Carries the signal away from the neuron

• Axon

• Nerves

• Synapse

Type of neuron that passes the nerve impulse

• Sensory Neuron

• Motor Neuron

• Axon Neuron

• Interneuron

The two main part of the Central Nervous System are the _________ and __________.