Ap Flashcards

8641437815	Acetylcholine	Enables muscle action, learning, and memory	0
8641437816	action potential	nerve impulse	1
8641437817	afferent nervous system	System that carries information	2
8641437818	Axon	A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.	3
8641437819	brain stem	Connects the brain and spinal cord	4
8641437820	Broca's area	controls language expression	5
8641437821	central nervous system	the brain and spinal cord	6
8641437822	cerebral cortex	outer region of the cerebrum containing sheets of nerve cells	7
8641437823	cerebrospinal fluid	the fluid in and around the brain and spinal cord	8
8641437824	Cerebrum	Largest part of the brain	9
8641437825	corpus callosum	Nerves that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres.	10
8641437826	Dendrites	receive messages from other cells	11
8641437827	dura mater	tough outer layer of the meninges	12
8641437828	efferent nervous system	Carries info from CNS to skeletal muscle	13
8641437829	Electroencephalogram (EEG)	An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface	14
8641437830	foramen magnum	A large opening at the base of the skull through which the brain connects to the spinal cord.	15
8641437831	gray matter	cell bodies	16
8641437832	hydrocephalus	accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain	17
8641437833	Hypothalamus	brain region controlling the pituitary gland	18
8641437834	Interneurons	connect sensory and motor neurons	19
8641437835	limbic system	emotion and memory	20
8641437836	medulla oblongata	Identify the structure.	21
8641437837	Meninges	The membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord (3)	22
8641437838	motor neurons	neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands	23
8641437839	myelin sheath	A layer of electrical insulation that surrounds the axon.	24
8641437840	Neuroglia	Supporting cells	25
8641437841	Neuron	A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.	26
8641437842	Neurotransmitters	chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons	27
8641437843	Nodes of Ranvier	gaps in myelin sheath	28
8641437844	Norepinephrine	Helps control alertness and arousal	29
8641437845	parasympathetic nervous system	rest and digest	30
8641437846	peripheral nervous system	the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body	31
8641437847	pineal gland	secretes melatonin	32
8641437848	Schwann cells	produce myelin in PNS	33
8641437849	sensory neurons	neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord	34
8641437850	somatic nervous system	the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles(voluntary )	35
8641437851	sympathetic nervous system	fight or flight	36
8641437852	Synapse	Gap between neurons	37
8641437853	synaptic cleft	a gap into which neurotransmitters are released from the axon terminal	38
8641437854	tract	draw/pull/drag	39
8641437855	visceral nervous system	autonomic nervous system	40
8641437856	Wernicke's area	language comprehension	41
8641437857	white matter	Whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths.	42
8641443817	nerve	fiber that transmits information in the body	43