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MVMS Nervous System
Question | Answer |
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spinal cord | column of bundles of nerve cells that carry impulses to and from the brain |
response | an action or change in behavior that occurs due to a stimulus |
medulla | controls involuntary actions like heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure |
sensory neuron | receive info and sens impulses to the brain or spinal cord |
motor neuron | conduct impulses from the brain to muscles and glands throughout your body |
cerebellum | coordinates your muscle action and helps you keep your balance |
cerebrum | largest part of the brain. Movement, sight,hearing, speech and thinking part of the brain |
impulse | message carried by nerve cells |
brain | coordinates all of your body's activities |
right hemisphere | controls the left side of the body |
left hemisphere | controls the right side of the body |
reflex | an involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spinal cord. |
autonomic nervous system | regulates involuntary organs, muscles and glands |
peripheral nervous system | carries messages to and from the central nervous system to the muscles and the organs |
central nervous system | brain and spinal cord. Controls the movement and action of the entire body |
neuron | a cell that carries info throughout the nervous system |
dendrites | receive messages and send them to the cell body |
axon | carry messages away from the cell body |
left brain | speaking, reading, writing, words, numbers, calculations, and logical problems |
right brain | shapes, drawing, painting, music and ideas. Humor and intuition. |
concussion | Injury where your brain shifts inside your head and knocks against the inside of the skull |