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Autonomic Nervous System
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| Controls all of the body's automatic functions. |
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| Neurons that send muscle messages to move. |
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Central Nervous System
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| Made up of the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Three layers of membranes that protect the brain. |
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| A neuron that relays messages between sensory and motor neurons. |
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| 33 pairs of nerves that branch off of the spinal cord and are part of the peripheral nervous system. |
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Somatic Nervous System
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| Controls voluntary actions. (Actions you have control over.) |
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Peripheral Nervous System
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| Made up of all nerves that connect to the brain and spinal cord. |
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Part of the brain resoponsible for balance, movement, and coordination.
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Point to the cerebellum.
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Largest part of the brain, and is responsible for thinking, learning, and memory.
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Point to the cerebrum. |
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| A long tube of neurons that connect the brain with the body. |
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| A type of neuron that brings information in from then outside world. |
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| 12 pairs of nerves that branch off of the brain. |
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| An automatic response to a stimuli. |
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| An electrical message sent between neurons. |
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| The space between the end of an axon of a neuron and the dendrite of another neuron. |
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| Short fibers on a neuron that carry messages toward the cell body. |
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| Deepest part of the brain that is responsible for all involuntary (no concious control) actions of the body. |
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| The Long part of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body. |
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| A fatty sheath that covers the axon of a neuron and helps speed impulses along. |
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| What three main structures protect the brain? |
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| cranium (skull), cerebrospinal fluid, and meninges |
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| A fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord to help aid in protection. |
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| What are the three main parts of the nervous system? |
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| brain, spinal cord, and neuron |
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| Tiny part of the brain found in the brainstem, responsible for water balance and body temperature. |
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| Tiny part found in the brainstem, responsible for relaying the senses. |
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| Can be a bacterial or viral infection that causes inflamation and swelling of the meninges that help protect the brain. |
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| A nervous system disorder in which the myelin that covers the axon of a nervous slowly deterioates, causing nerve impulse to get lost or stop. |
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| Loss of movement in a part of the body. |
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| Paralysis of all 4 limbs of the body. |
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| Paralysis of two limbs of the body. |
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| A sudden storm of nerve impulses. |
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| A nervous system disorder characterized by frequent siezures. |
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| A prolonged period of unconsiousness. |
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| Loss of consciousness caused from a hard blow to the head. |
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