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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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  • It controls posturre and balance:
    Cerebellum
  • Part os the nervous system which connects the brain to the PNS.
    The spinal cord
  • Name of the neurons which send responses from the CNS to the effectors:
    Motor neurons
  • Layers that surroud the brain and protect it.
    Meninges
  • Short branched projections that receive nerve impulses from other neurons
    Dendrites
  • It is divided into left and right hemispheres.
    Cerebrum
  • It controls, for example, breathing, body temperature and sleeping:
    The brain stem
  • Name of the nervous system which connects the CNS with the organs, limbs and skin.
    Peripheral nervous system
  • The longest part of a neuron that transmits nerves impulses away is called:
    Axon
  • The central nervous system is made of:
    Brain and spinal cord
  • Name of the chemical messengers which are released by the presynaptic neuron
    Neurotransmitters
  • Type of nervous system which is involved in voluntary muscle movements.
    Somatic nervous system
  • Gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neuron
    Synaptic cleft
  • Cells whic produce the myelin cover
    Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
  • Protective layer found on some axons to transmit nerve impulses quicker.
    Myelin cover
  • Colour of matter which is made of cells bodies, axon without myelin and dendrites.
    Grey matter
  • Neural tissue is made of two types of cells:
    Neurons and glial cells
  • Dementia characterized by loss of neurons and synapses in the brain.
    Alzheimer´s disease
  • Name of the nervous system which controls activities when you are stressed, in danger or physically active
    Sympathetic nervous system
  • Star-shaped celss that transport nutrients to the neurons.
    Astrocytes
  • Cells which remove cellular waste and give protection to the neurons
    Microglia cells
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