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Stack #18673
Science Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cortex | the wrinkly part on top of the brain |
| Hemisphere | a half of a sphere when it is cut into two equal parts horizantally or vertically |
| Cerebellum | the part of the brain involved with balance and coordination |
| Cerebrum | the larger part oh the brain, it is involved with movement and your senses, learn think and remember |
| Medulla | the part of the brain that controls your organs and your heart, it is set inside of the skull |
| Spinal Cord | the cord of nervous tissue that extends from the brain to the vertebral canal. It carries signals to and from the brain |
| Pituitary Gland | a small, oval gland called the Master Gland because it controls all of the other glands |
| PNS | PNS=Peripheral Nervous System. It is made up of all of the other nerves in your body that aren't in the CNS |
| CNS | CNS=Central Nervous System. It is made up of the brain and the spinal cord |
| Autonomic System | made up of the hypothalamus. It controls and moniters conditions of the body, emotions, and short term memory |
| Hypothalamus | controls blood pressure, heart rate, body temperatures, hunger, and thirst |
| Thalamus | takes all incoming senses except for the sense of smell then sends them to the cerebrum to be interpreted |
| Amygdala | major role with your motions, fear, pleasure, and phobias |
| Neuron | bundles of thousands of nerve cells |
| Motor Neuron | sends impulses to the muscles and glands in your body |
| Sensory Neuron | picks up the stimuli from either internal or external environments then converts the stimuli to an impulse and carries impulse up to brain |
| Interneuron | transfers incoming sensory impulse to the outgoing motor impulse, found in brain and spinal cord |
| Dendrite | recieves the impulses and sends them to the cell body |
| Axon | carries the impulses away from the cell body to other parts and other cells |
| Cell Body | contains the nucleus and the organelles |
| Synaptic Gap | the space between two nerve cells |
| Neurotransmitter | special chemicals released to carry a message |
| Stimulus | activates impulses |
| Homeostatis | the ability of an organism to keep conditions inside it's body the same even though conditions in the same environment may change |
| Reflex | a response to a sense |
| Unconditioned Reflex | you are born with it |
| Conditioned Reflex | you learn it when you are living |
| Hormones | a chemical that creates change |
| Thyroid Gland | found in the throat, controls your metabolism |
| Parathyroid Gland | on the thyroid, controls the amount of phosphate and calcium in blood |
| Adrenal Gland | top of kidneys, makes adrenaline, controls amount of salt in blood |
| Pancreas | behind stomach, creates insulin |
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