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HBS Vocab Test 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brain Stem | |
| Central Nervous System | |
| Cerebellum | |
| Gyrus | |
| Limbic System | |
| Lobe | |
| Peripheral Nervous System | |
| Phrenology | |
| Sulcus | |
| Action Potential | |
| Axon | |
| Dendrite | |
| Ion | |
| Myelin Sheath | |
| Neurologist | |
| Neuron | |
| Neurotransmitter | |
| Reaction Time | |
| Reflex | |
| Synapse | |
| Endocrine Gland | |
| Endocrine System | |
| Exocrine Gland | |
| Gland | |
| Glucagon | |
| Hormone | |
| Hypothalamus | |
| Insulin | |
| Pituitary Gland | |
| Accommodation | The way the eyes can keep focus by changing the viewing of light. |
| Astigmatism | A imperfect change in the curve of the eye that causes vision to be blurred. |
| Blind Spot | A spot that is blind due to the eye not having any rods or cones in that particular area. |
| Cone | The receptors of the eye that sense color. |
| Cornea | The transparent layer at the front of the eye. |
| Depth Perception | How well the eye can see things in 3D and how far away it is. |
| Hyperopia | Distant objects are clear, but near objects are blurry. |
| Iris | The colored part of the eye that controls the pupil. |
| Lens | The clear curved structure in front of the eye behind the pupil. |
| Myopia | A condition that lets you see things that are near but not things that are far. |
| Optic Nerve | A large nerve that connects to the optic lobe at the back of the brain that sends information about what we are seeing. |
| Homeostasis | A state of |
| Macromolecule | |
| Resource | |