Anatomy and Physiology: Nervous System
Central Nervous System - Answer- Consists of brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System - Answer- Consists of nerves extending from the spinal cord and brain to other parts of the body such as muscles, intestines, and the skin
Cranial Nerves - An...
Anatomy and Physiology: Nervous
System
Central Nervous System - Answer- Consists of brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System - Answer- Consists of nerves extending from the spinal
cord and brain to other parts of the body such as muscles, intestines, and the skin
Cranial Nerves - Answer- Nerves that originate in the brain, There are 12
Autonomic Nervous System - Answer- Consists of nerves going to the various
organs and smooth muscle which are involuntary in nature
Neuron - Answer- Basic Unit of the nervous system
Dendrites - Answer- Sensory projections which carry information to the nerve cell
body
Nerve Cell Body - Answer- Contains the nucleus and the cytoplasm
Axon - Answer- Carries the impulses away from the cell body to other neurons or
other target tissues
Synapse - Answer- A junction between neurons where they can communicate with
each other using electrical impulses
Neurotransmitters - Answer- Chemicals that help conduct information between
synapses
Myelin - Answer- Fatty covering on the outside of nerves to help speed up the
transmission of signals
Cerebrum - Answer- Larges portion of the fore brain important in thinking, sight,
smell, and muscle control
Hypothalamus and Pituitary - Answer- What else does the fore brain contain?
Gyri - Answer- Ridges on the outside of the cerebrum
Sucli - Answer- Depressions on the outside of the cerebrum
Ventricles - Answer- With in the brain,contain cerebro-spinal fluid
Hydrocephalus - Answer- "Water on the brain" Can be congenital (born with it) or
caused by injury or infection
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