Nervous System Vocab
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| Skull/Cranium | Protects the brain from injury.
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| Dendrite | The part of the brain that receives impulses.
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| Axon | The part of the neuron that conducts nerve impulses away from the body.
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| Synapse | The gap between the dendrite of one neuron and the axon ending of another neuron.
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| Spinal Cord | Connects the brain to the peripheral nerves.
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| Neuron | A nerve cell.
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| Backbone/vertebrae | Protects the spinal cord.
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| Cerebrum * | The part of the brain that controls the thinking process.
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| Cerebellum * | The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
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| Medulla | Controls the circulatory , respiratory , and digestive systems.
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| Nervous System | Enables us to react to our enviorment.
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| Tissue | A group of similar cells that preform the same function.
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| Reflex | Automatic reaction to a stimulus.
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| Automatic Nervous system (ANS) | Subsystem of the peripheral nervous system that controls all involuntary body processes.
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| Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) | carries messages between central nervous system and the rest of the body.
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| Brain | central organ of the nervous system.
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| Myelin Sheath | a shiny white insulating covering over some nerve fibers.
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| EEG | A machine that records brain wave patterns.
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