Nervous System

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What is coordination carried out by

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Nervous system and endocrine system

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What is the nervous system

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Allows an organism to respond to stimuli in its internal or external environment

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Stimulus

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Change in your environment

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What are the electrical signals carried out by

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Specialised cell neurons

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Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Nerves branching out from the cns to all parts of the body

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Receptor

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A nerve cell that detects a stimulus

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Effector

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Muscle/ gland that carries out a Responce

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Neuron

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A specialized cell that carries electrical messages around the body

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Impulse

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Electrical message carries by a neuron

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Three types of motor neuron

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Sensory
Inter
Motor

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Sensory neuron Carries messages from

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Sense organs to cns

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Interneuron connects

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Sensory and motor neurons

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Interneuron carry messages

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Within the cns

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Motor neurons carries

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Impulses from the cns to muscles and glands

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Mitochondria

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Produce energy

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Cell body contains

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Nucleus and mitochondria

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Cell body produces

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Neurotransmitter chemicals

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Dendrite

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Short fiber

Receives info and carries it towards the cell body

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Axon

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Long fiber

Conducts impulses away from the cell body

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Short fiber

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Dendrite

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Long fiber

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Axon

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Schwann cells form

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Myelin sheath

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Myelin sheath

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Protects the neuron

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Neurotransmitter swellings

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Release chemicals which carry the impulses from one neuron to the next

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Synapse is a region where

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Two neurons come into close contact (but don’t touch)

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Synaptic cleft

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Gal between two neurons

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Eg of a neuro transmitter

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Acetylcholine

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What clears a neurotransmitter from the synaptic cleft

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Cholinesterase

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Why are neurons not in direct contact at a synapse

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To prevent continuous stimulation

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How many neurons in the Brain

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Over 1 billion

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What does the brain protect

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Three membranes (meninges)
Cerebrospinal fluid

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How many pairs of spinal nerves in a spinal cord

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33

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What does each spinal nerve have

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Dorsal and ventral root

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Dorsal root consists of

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Sensory neurons - carry info to spinal cord

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Swelling that consists of cell bodies of sensory neurons

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Central root consists of

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Motor neurons - carry info to spinal cord, muscles and glands

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Reflex action

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Quick involuntary response to a stimulus

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Reflex arc

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Pathway the reflex takes

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Route taken along the reflex arc

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Receptor
Sensory neuron
Spinal cord
Interneuron 
Motor neuron 
Effector

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Cause of Parkinson’s disease

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Failure to produce dopamine

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Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

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Trembling hands

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What mimics dopamine

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Levadopa