B10 Nervous System Flashcards

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What is homeostasis

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The peocess of keeping everyhting inside your body constant ( internal environment)

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What are receptors

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Cells that detect change in the internal or external environment, these changes are known as stimuli.

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What are coordination centres

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areas that receive and process the information given from the receptors, they send out signals and coordinate the response of the body.

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What are coordination centres

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areas that receive and process the information given from the receptors, they send out signals and coordinate the response of the body.

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What are effectors

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Muscles or glands that bring about responses to the stimulus that has been recieved. These responses restore conditions in the body at optimum levals

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What is the relationship between neurons and nerves

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Neurons are fund in undreds or thousand bunches of nerves

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What are sensory neurons

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Sensory neurons are cells that carry impulses from your sense organs to your CNS

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What are motor neurons

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Motor neurons carry impulses from your CNS to the rest of your body

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What is synapse

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A small gap between two neurons which allows electrical impulses to pass across

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What does a neurone do

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Transmit electrical impulses across nervous system quickly

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