vocab

Question 1

stimulus

Answer 1

change in enviroment

Question 2

impulse

Answer 2

language that the stimulus speaks

Question 3

vesicle

Answer 3

little vacuoles in the terminal branchesthat hold neurotransmitter

Question 4

synapse

Answer 4

space between 2 neurons

Question 5

Effector

Answer 5

the thing that is effected ex. muscle, gland

Question 6

myelin sheath

Answer 6

covering made of fat that surrounds the axon to keep the electricity inside the neuron

Question 7

sensory neuron

Answer 7

carries information from a receptor and takes it to youe central nervous system

Question 8

receptor

Answer 8

anything that can respond to a stimulus ex. nose ears skin

Question 9

central nervous system

Answer 9

brain or spinal chord

Question 10

Motor neuron

Answer 10

takes information from your central nervous system to an effector

Question 11

Interneuron

Answer 11

takes information from your sensory neuron to your motor neuron

Question 12

vertebrae

Answer 12

bones that cover the nerve chord

Question 13

cranium

Answer 13

bones that cover the brain

Question 14

meninges

Answer 14

membrane that surrounds and protects thebrains from poisom

Question 15

cerebrum

Answer 15

controls associative, voluntary muscle motion, sensory interpretation, and habits

Question 16

sodium potassium pump

Answer 16

makes sure that the neuron isnt charged with electricity before the messege gets sent

Question 17

response

Answer 17

an action caused by a stimulus

Question 18

neuron

Answer 18

single celled nerve cell

Question 19

nervous

Answer 19

the most unique cell that can’t make copies of itself

Question 20

ganglion

Answer 20

a group of nerves

Question 21

cyton

Answer 21

cell body of the neuron

Question 22

axon

Answer 22

where the electrical impulses travel

Question 23

terminal branches

Answer 23

bouton, where the vesicles are

Question 24

neurotransmitters

Answer 24

chemical messengers, they carry messages from one neuron to the next

Question 25

reflex

Answer 25

an involuntary action caused by a stimulus

Question 26

PNS

Answer 26

nerves that receive and pass on information between the body and brain-involuntary

Question 27

medulla

Answer 27

bottom part of your brain, controls breathing, heartbeat, digestive tract muscles

Question 28

spinal chord

Answer 28

receives impulses, and sends impulses

Question 29

posterior

Answer 29

rear end

Question 30

dorsal

Answer 30

back

Question 31

ventral

Answer 31

bottom

Question 32

anterior

Answer 32

front

Question 33

lateral

Answer 33

sides