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- motor neurons
- the type of neuron that carries impulses away fromt he breain and spinal cord to a gland or muscle
- color
- wht do rodes and cones control?
- contols organs when the body is at rest and not threatened
- what is the parasympathetic?
- relays signals between brain and spinal cord , helps control breathing rate heart rate and blood pressure
- what does the medualla oblongata do?
- pons
- relays signals beween the cerebrum and the cerebellum, also helps control rate of breathing
- neurons
- specialized cells that help you gather information about your environment, interpret the information and react to it
- dendrite, cell body, axon
- what 3 neurons make up the nervous system?
- cerebrum
- largest part of the brain, divided into 2 hemispheres, contols memory learning language ect.
- mostly introneurons, coordinates the body's activities such as processing informations and analyzing responses
- wht are some characteristics of the central nervous system?
- somatic is unually external and voluntary and autonomic is internal[heart lungs ect.] and is involuntary
- what is the difference between somatic and autonomic nervous system?
- central and peripheral
- what are the 2 main divisions of the nervous system?
- smell and taste
- wht two senses are linked together?
- sensory neurons
- the type neuron that sends impulses from receptors in the skin and the sense organs to the brain and spinal cord
- introneurons
- the type of neuron that carries the impulse to motor neurons
- includes all neurons not part of the central nervous system, has two parts; somatic and autonomic
- what are some characteristics of the peripheral nervous system?
- synapse
- a gap that exists between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron
- cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
- what are the 3 major sections of the brain?
- nerve connnetcion, muscle, tissue, gland
- wht are the 4 nerve connections?