Nervous System Vocab

Question 0

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 0

Stimulates organs grants incenses by stimulating secretions of hormones and substance

Question 1

Afferent

Answer 1

Sensory neurons bring information to the brain and spinal cord

Question 2

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 2

Watery fluid containing various compounds that surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Question 3

Conductivity

Answer 3

The ability to transmit the signal

Question 4

Congenital

Answer 4

Present at birth

Question 5

Efferent

Answer 5

Motor neurons cause an action

Question 6

Equilibrium

Answer 6

Balance controlled in the inner ear

Question 7

Excitability

Answer 7

The ability to respond to a stimulus

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

The para simpler headache division operates to keep the body in the state of balance

Question 9

Interneurons

Answer 9

Carry and process sensory information

Question 10

Ischemia

Answer 10

Insufficient blood to a body part caused by a functional constriction or actual obstruction of blood vessel

Question 11

Meninges

Answer 11

Three membranes that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord

Question 12

Neurotransmitter

Answer 12

Chemical messenger released from the axon of one neutron that travels to another nearby neutron

Question 13

Paralysis

Answer 13

Loss of movement and sensation in part of the body

Question 14

Reflex

Answer 14

And involuntary action in response to a stimulus

Question 15

Somatic nervous system

Answer 15

Receives and processes sensory input from the skin and muscles tendons joints eyes nose and ears

Question 16

Stimulus

Answer 16

Any substance or action that produces a response