Nervous System

The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands is called _____________________.

Surrounds the brain and spinal cord and its function is to protect and cushion these structures from injury.

Part of the neuron that receives information and transmits impulses toward the cell body

Another name for "seizure disorder"

This is the largest and most complex part of the brain; also known as the "thinking part" of the brain.

When neurons are gradually "turned off" in the brain, they are unable to successfully send electrical impulses. A person then becomes forgetful with daily tasks, memory, etc. What is this disease called?

What is a stressor?

Brain structure that regulates body temperature, appetite, sleep, and thirst.

A ___________________ is a traumatic brain injury that changes the way your brain functions.

This disease is caused by failure of the neurons to produce dopamine. As a result, a patient is not able to control his/her movements.

This lobe is responsible for decision-making, judgement, impulse control, language, intellect, and personality

Part of the neuron that carries messages away from the cell body

Part of the brain that controls all involuntary functions necessary to sustain life; also connects the brain to the spinal cord

Identify one function of the Nervous System

Part of the brain that coordinates movement of skeletal muscles and maintains the body's posture and balance.

This lobe is responsible for all sensory information, such as heat, cold, pain, etc.

Part of the neuron that contains the nucleus

The lobe responsible for vision/visual processing

This part of the brain allows the right hemisphere to communicate with the left hemisphere.

This lobe is responsible for hearing/auditory processing

Known as the "master gland" because it is responsible for all hormone production and secretion.