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Neuron - ✔✔Basic unit of the nervous system




Cell body, axon, and dendrites - ✔✔Components of a neuron (3)




Axon - ✔✔Used for signal conduction




Dendrites - ✔✔Increase the area for connecting to other neurons or muscle




Synapse - ✔✔The place where signal tranission occurs




Acetylcholine - ✔✔A neurotransmitter




-70 mV - ✔✔Standard resting membrane potential

,Components - ✔✔Consists of the brain and spinal cord




Meninges - ✔✔A covering of the central nervous system- surrounds brain

and spinal cord




Reflexes - ✔✔Certain movements involve sensory information which is

not processed in the brain




Sympathetic nervous system - ✔✔Part of autonomic nervous system that

speeds things up.




Parasympathetic nervous system - ✔✔Part of autonomic nervous system

that slows things down




Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem - ✔✔3 basic parts of the brain

,Cerebrum - ✔✔It's functions are processing of sensory information and memory




Cerebellum - ✔✔Receives information from muscles and sensory

receptors; controls balance and coordinates movement




Brain stem - ✔✔Controls many autonomic functions such as breathing and

heart beat




Cornea - ✔✔From surface of the eye




Lens - ✔✔Eye part just with anterior chamber




Iris - ✔✔The amount of light pass through the lens is controlled by




Retina - ✔✔Contains rods and comes which detect light

, Optic nerve - ✔✔Signal from the eye is sent to the brain via this




Outer ear - ✔✔Function is collecting sound and sending it to the eardrum

through the auditory canal




Middle ear - ✔✔Separated from the outer ear where vibrations picked up by

the ear drum get passed through a series of small bones




Tympanic membrane - ✔✔Another name for ear drum




Eustachian tube - ✔✔Connects the middle ear to the pharynx




Equalize pressure - ✔✔Function of the middle ear

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