Question | Answer |
Spiral Cord | Column of bundles of nerve cells that carry impulses to and from the brain. |
Response | an action or change in behavior that occurs die to a stimulus |
Medulla | controls involuntary actions- heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure. |
Sensory Neuron | receive info and send impulses to brain or spiral cord |
Motor Neuron | conduct impulses from the brain to muscles and glands throughout your body |
Cerebellum | coordinates your muscle action & helps you keep your balance. |
cerebrum | largest part of brain, movement, sight, speech, & thinking |
Impulse | message carried by nerve cells |
brain | coordinates all of the body's activities |
right hemisphere | controls left side of body |
left hemisphere | controls right side of body |
reflex | an involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spiral cord |
automatic nervous system | regulates involuntary organs, muscles & glands |
peripheral nervous system | carries messages to and from the CNS to the muscles and organs |
central nervous system | brain & spiral cord, controls movement & action of the entire body |
neuron | a cell that carries information through nervous system |
dendrites | receive messages &send them to cell body |
left brain | speaking reading writing words numbers |
right brain | shapes drawing painting music ideas humor |