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Nervous system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frontal lobe | planning, concentration, voluntary movement. |
| Parietal lobe | Touch, temp, limbs. |
| Temporal | Auditory |
| Occipital | Vision. |
| Corpus Callosum | Bridge between 2 hemispheres. |
| Thalamus | Directs incoming impulses to covet lobe. |
| Hypothalamus | Connects nervous system and endocrine |
| Pineal Gland | Secretes melatonin. |
| Brain stem | Mid-brain : Basic life. Pons: Reflexes. Medulla Oblogata: Heart rate, breathing, blood. |
| Cerebellum | Balance + Coordination. |
| Synapse | Gap between neurons |
| Neurotransmitters | Chemical that passes the impulse through synapse. |
| Dendrites | Branches receiving stimuli and sending the impulse onward. |
| Axon | Sends impulse away from cell body to muscle gland |
| Synaptic knob | Releases Neurotransmitters into synapse. |
| interneurons | transmits info between neurons. |