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| 5200536353 | Nerve net | A series of interconnected nerves | 0 | |
| 5200542276 | Cephalization | Clustering of sensory organs at the front end of the body | 1 | |
| 5200546192 | CNS | Brain and spinal cord | 2 | |
| 5200551022 | PNS | Sensory neurons and motor neurons | 3 | |
| 5200554817 | Reflex arc | The body's automatic response to a stimulus (From sensory nerve to the spinal cord and back) | 4 | |
| 5200574182 | Cranial nerves | Nerves that originate in the brain and mostly terminate in organs of the head and upper body | 5 | |
| 5200580444 | Spinal nerves | Nerves that originate in the spinal cord and extend to parts of the body below the head | 6 | |
| 5200588094 | Motor system | Carries signals to skeletal muscles and is voluntary | 7 | |
| 5200598369 | Autonomic nervous system | Regulates the internal environment in an involuntary manner | 8 | |
| 5200609297 | Sympathetic division | Correlates with the "fight or flight" response | 9 | |
| 5200614066 | Parasympathetic division | Promotes a return to "rest and digest" | 10 | |
| 5200620153 | Enteric division | Controls activity of the digestive tract, pancreas, and gallbladder | 11 | |
| 5200632370 | Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain | The three divisions of a developing brain | 12 | |
| 5200644110 | Cerebral cortex | The outer portion of the cerebellum that surrounds most of the brain | 13 | |
| 5200657099 | Brainstem | Coordinates and conducts information between brain centers | 14 | |
| 5200668481 | Midbrain, Pons, Medulla oblongata | The three parts of the brainstem | 15 | |
| 5200673943 | Midbrain | Contains centers for receipt and interation of sensory information | 16 | |
| 5200677589 | Pons | Regulates breathing centers in the medulla | 17 | |
| 5200681042 | Medulla oblongata | Contains centers that control several functions including breathing, cardiovascular activity, swallowing, vomiting, and digestion | 18 | |
| 5200699222 | Reticular formation | The core of the brainstem has a diffuse network | 19 | |
| 5200712472 | Cerebellum | Is important for coordination and error checking during motor, perceptual, and cognitive functions | 20 | |
| 5200738796 | Thalamus | The main input center for sensory information to the cerebrum and the main output center for motor information leaving the cerebrum | 21 | |
| 5200753994 | Hypothalamus | Regulates homeostasis and basic survival behaviors such as feeding, fighting, fleeing, and reproducing | 22 | |
| 5200773205 | Suprechiasmatic nuclei | Nuclei in the hypothalamus that act as the internal clock | 23 | |
| 5200782777 | Corpus callosum | Provides communication between the right and left cerebral cortexes | 24 | |
| 5200793219 | Amygdala | Located in the temporal lobe and helps store an emotional experience as an emotional memory | 25 | |
| 5200803833 | Neural plasticity | Describes the ability of the nervous system to be modified after birth | 26 | |
| 5200813397 | Short-term memory | Accessed via the hypothalamus | 27 | |
| 5200816448 | Long-term memory | Memories stored in the cerebral cortex | 28 | |
| 5200836303 | Long-term potentiation | A form of learning that involves an increase in the strength of synaptic transmission | 29 | |
| 5200850060 | Parkinson's disease | A motor disorder caused by the death of dopamine-secreting neurons in the midbrain | 30 | |
| 5200861537 | Alzheimer's disease | Is caused by the formation of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques in the brain | 31 |
