Endocrine, Nervous - Answers The ________ and ___________ systems are also known as the
communication systems.
Communication, Control - Answers The endocrine and nervous system serve to major functions.
These functions are __________ and _____________.
Central, Periphereal, Automatic - Answers Three divisions of the nervous system are
______________, ____________, and _____________.
Automatic - Answers The __________ nervous system regulates the bodies involuntary functions to
include: heart rate, stomach and insuin creation.
Nervous, Endocrine - Answers The ___________ transmits information quickly with nerve pulses,
where the ____ transmits information slowly through chemicals.
Neurons, Glia - Answers Nervous system cells are known as ____________ or _________
brain stem - Answers The _______ carries information between the spinal cord and the cerebrum
Dendrites, Cell Body, Axons - Answers Neurons have three main parts _________, _____________,
and ____
Afferent, Efferent - Answers Sensory of ____________ carry information to the spinal cord, and
Motor or ______________ Carry information away from the spine.
Conduct - Answers Interneurons, also known as connecting or central neurons ________ impulses
from sensory neurons to motor neurons.
Support - Answers Glia or Neuroglia serves in a ___________ role. They also provide protetion to the
neurons.
Astrocytes, Stars, Microglia, Oligodendroglia - Answers There are three main types of connective
tissue in the CNS ________ which are shaped like ______, ________ which are microbe eating
scavengers, _____________ which are responsible for forming the Mylean Sheath that protects
nerves.
Myelin, Fat, Protein - Answers is a fatty cotating over some nerve cells. They are formed from ______
and ___________- substances.
neurelimma, regeneration - Answers _________ is outside of the schwann cells (mylein sheath) and
plays critical roles in nerve cell ______.
White, Gray - Answers Myelinated Cells are referred to as _______ matter, where as unmyelinated
cells are referred to as _______ matter.
Endonium - Answers surrounds individual fibers within a nerve.
Pereniurium - Answers surrounds a group (fascicle) of nerve fibers.
Epineurium - Answers covers the whole nerve. Is a tough fibrous sheath.
Facimiles - Answers groups of wrapped axons.
Multiple Sclerosis - Answers is and infamatory disease of the CNS.
Reflex Arc - Answers ________ is a special type of neuron pathway
Nerve Impulses - Answers ____________ are signals that carry along the nerves.
Synapse - Answers The junction (area) between neurons.
Neurotransmitters - Answers Chemicals by which neurons communicate.
Catecholamines - Answers Acetycholine, Dopamine, Seratonin, and Epineferin are part of compounds
called ___________.
Endorphins - Answers ____________ is the bodies natural pain killer.
Brain, Spinal Cord - Answers The two major parts of the cns are the ______ and the _______.
Menninges - Answers The brain and spinal cord are covered by a special coating called ________.
3, Medulla, Pons, Midbrain - Answers The brainstem has ______ parts. The ________ which controls
respiration and heart rate, the ________ and the ____ which contain white matter with scattered
gray matter.
Hypothalamus, thalamus - Answers _________ helps to controls hunger, while the ___________
assigns emotions to senses.
Cerebellum - Answers ____________ oversees motor function and balance.
Cerebrum, personality, pain, hearing, sight - Answers The _______________ is responsible for
complex thought or mental process. The three lobes of the cerebrum are the frontal , parietal,
temperal, and occipitial. Responsible for __________, ____________, and _____ respectively.
gray, 4, White - Answers The spinal cord is primarily composed of ____________ matter and ends
just above L___. The ouside fo the spinal cord is composed of ___________ matter.