New Science Book Flashcards
Stimulus’s
An in Vermont that an organism can recognize and react to is called
Response
Is a reaction to a stimulus
Nueron
Cells that carry information through the nervous system
Nerve impulse
The message that a neuron carries is called a
Dendtire
A beach like structure that picks up the impulses
Axon
They travel to the cell body
Nerve
A bundle of nerve fibers
Sensory neuron
Picks up stimulus and coverts it into a nerve impulse
Internueron
Carries a nerve impulse to another interior or to a motor neuron
Motor neuron
Sends a impulse to muscle or a gland
Synapse
The place where a neutron transfers and impulse to another structure is called
Central nervous system
Include the brain and spinal cord and acts like the traffic cop
Peripheral nervous system
Includes all the nerves outside of the central nervous system
Brain
Is it’s control center
Spinal cord
Is a thick column of nervous system