nervous regulation Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
regulation | the process where a living thing control and coordinates activities |
Irritability | ability that living organism have to respond to change in their environment |
Impulse | the change of movement |
response | a reaction as that of an organism by the immune system to a pathogen |
receptor | protein that detects a signal molecules and performs an action in response |
neuron | cell of the nervous system that transmits impulses between the body as well as interprets and stores some messages in the brain |
effector | an organ or cell acts in response to stimulus |
cell body | the nucleus -containing central part part of neuron its axons and dendrites |
dendrites | branchlike extension of a neuron receives impulse from neighboring neuron |
axon | long extension of the neuron membrane that carries impulse from one neuron to another |
meninges | the three membrane that line the skull and verteral canal |
cerebrum | largest part of the brain |
cerebellum | part of the brain the coordinates and regulation voluntary muscle movement |
medulla oblongata | the spinal cord ,lowest part of the brain stem and hearts and lungs |
Central nervous system | that message from other nerves body and spinal cord and brain |
peripheral nervous system | that transmits impulse between the central nervous system and other organs in the body |
Neurotransmitter | chemical that transmitter a nervous system signal across a synapse |
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