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Bio: Ner/Endo Vocab

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Definition
Regulation   Coordination and control of life activities  
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Stimuli   Something that causes a response  
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Cerebellum   Maintains balance, equilibrium, and posture  
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Cerebrum   Controls voluntary activities  
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Medulla   Controls involuntary activities  
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Spinal chord   Controls reflexes and brings impulse from nerves to the brain  
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Stimulus   A signal that carries info and can be detected  
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Response   Reaction to a stimulus  
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Receptors   Detect certain stimuli and changes in the environment  
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Effectors   Organs of response  
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Impulse   Electro-chemical charge generated along a neuron  
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Neuron   A nerve cell, specialized cells that carry nerve impulses  
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Neurotransmitters   Help carry impulses, chemical that diffuses across the synaptic gap and starts the impulse on the next neuron  
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Cell body   Contains the cell organelles  
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Dendrites   Highly branched fibers that receives the impulse  
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Axon   Long, thin fiber that carries the impulse away from the cell body. It extends from the cell body to the terminal branches.  
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Schwann cells   Cells that surround the axon  
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Myelin sheath   white fatty protective substance produced by the Schwann cells. Insulating membrane; has nodes (gaps); nerve impulse jumps from one gap to the next, which enables impulse movement to be faster  
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Terminal branches   End of neuron that almost touches another neuron  
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Synaptic knob   The end of buds of the terminal branches that contain sacs holding neurotransmitters  
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Synapse   Space between 2 neurons in which an impulse is transferred from a neuron to another cell.  
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Central nervous system   Processes info and creates a response, controls involuntary and voluntary actions, includes the brain and spinal chord  
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Nervous system   CPR: collects info about the body's internal and external environment, process the info, responds to the info  
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Peripheral nervous system   All the nerves and nerve cells outside CNS, extends away from the brain and the spinal chord, relays info to and from your CNS, transmitting voluntary and involuntary actions comes from peripheral nerves  
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Somatic nervous system   Regulates activities under conscious control  
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Autonomic nervous system   Consists of nerves that control heart muscles, glands, and smooth muscles. *Controls homeostasis.  
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Sensory neurons   Found in sense organs, transmits impulses from sense organs to central nervous system  
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Motor neurons   Impulse travels from CNS to muscles or glands  
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Interneurons   Sends info between sensory and motor neurons. Found in central nervous system.  
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Reflex arc   Quick response to a stimulus.  
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Reflex arc path   Sensory receptors, sensory neurons, spinal chord, interneuron, motor neuron, muscle  
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Meningitis   Inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal chord  
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Cerebral palsy   Damage to motor center in the brain  
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Stroke   Damage to the nerve cells in the brain - artery blockage  
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Polio   Virus of the spinal chord, can cause paralysis  
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Paralysis   Caused by spinal chord damage; loss of feeling and muscle function  
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Pituitary gland   L: brain base F: TSH - thyroid stimulating hormone - causes thyroid to increase thyroxin production FSH - follicle stimulating hormone - stimulates egg cell development Growth hormone - long bone development  
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Thyroid gland   L: neck F: Thyroxin - regulates metabolism rate  
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Parathyroid glands   L: found with the thyroid gland F: Produce parathormone, which controls calcium metabolism  
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Adrenal glands   L: above kidneys F: adrenaline - controls heartbeat cortisol - regulates sugar metabolism  
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Gonads   Ovaries produce estrogen and progesterone. Testes produce testosterone.  
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Islets of langerhans   L: pancreas F: insulin - absorption of sugar, lowers blood sugar glucagon - adds sugar to blood from liver, increases blood sugar  
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Positive feedback   Increase of one chemical leads to an increase of another  
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Negative feedback   Increase of one chemical leads to decrease of another  
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Body temp   Brain detects low temp, sends message to muscles to shiver, increased body temp stops shivering  
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Guard cells   Causes pores on leaves to close to reduce evaporation on hot days  
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Pancreas (glucose level high results in...)   Beta cells in pancreas releasing insulin, fat cells take in glucose from blood, normal blood glucose level  
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Pancreas (glucose level low results in...)   Alpha cells in pancreas release glucagon, liver release glucose into blood, normal blood level of glucose achieved  
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Goiter   Thyroid gland cannot produce enough thyroid due to lack of iodine in diet  
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Diabetes   Excessive sugar in blood, inability to store excess glucose as glycogen.  
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