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44cm long

31 pairs of nerves

voluntary movement

nose

smell

nearly 100 billion nerve cells

neurons

nuerons

conducts electrical impalses away from the nerons cell body

walking and thinking

Dendrites

Fact:

a single nerve cell can have 50,000 dendrite branches

ear

sound waves

nucleus

the Autonomic Nervous System

the Peripheral Nervous System

tongue

taste buds

the autonomic nervous system

the vertebal colum,

made of small bones called vertebrae

the Central Nervous System

the brain and the spinal cord

about 34-40 grams

2 the spinal cord is douple-layered

the voluntary nervous system

captures light and help turn it into an image, prossessed by the brain

touch

what is the central nervous system made up of?

the spinal cord weighs ________ grams

the sense of ________ depends on tiny sensory receptors in the skin

what do the axon do

what system comunicates with the rest of the systems through electrical signals?

the spinal cord has  ________ layers of tube with an outer layer of nerve fibers wrpped in tissue

the spinal cord is ________ long

name one of the involuntary responses the body also controls

name one

when you are under stress what nervous system is affected?

what system monitors function and movement?

the cell body looks like a blob with an eye called?

your eyes perceive light wave, but your ______ perceive and interprets a different type of stimulas called?

your ______ is covered with small sensory structures called _________?

how many nerve cells does an average adult contain in the brain?

what does the brain directly control?

contains both sensory and motor nerves what is this system called?

this system controls movement of the heart, the stomach, intestine, and the glands what is this system called?

what does sight do?

what comes out of the body that are finger like branches ?

what are the 100 billion nerve cells called?

what is the spinal cord protected by and supported by?

their are 100 billion nerve cells in bundles called?

connected to the spinal cord are how many pairs of nerves?

high in the back fo your _______ a patch of tissue grows hair like fibers what is the sense?

name two voluntary behaviors


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what is the central nervous system made up of?

the brain and the spinal cord

what comes out of the body that are finger like branches ?

Dendrites

Fact:

a single nerve cell can have 50,000 dendrite branches

what do the axon do

conducts electrical impalses away from the nerons cell body

their are 100 billion nerve cells in bundles called?

nuerons

the cell body looks like a blob with an eye called?

nucleus

what system monitors function and movement?

the voluntary nervous system

this system controls movement of the heart, the stomach, intestine, and the glands what is this system called?

the Autonomic Nervous System

what system comunicates with the rest of the systems through electrical signals?

the Central Nervous System

contains both sensory and motor nerves what is this system called?

the Peripheral Nervous System

when you are under stress what nervous system is affected?

the autonomic nervous system

high in the back fo your _______ a patch of tissue grows hair like fibers what is the sense?

nose

smell

what does sight do?

captures light and help turn it into an image, prossessed by the brain

your eyes perceive light wave, but your ______ perceive and interprets a different type of stimulas called?

ear

sound waves

your ______ is covered with small sensory structures called _________?

tongue

taste buds

the sense of ________ depends on tiny sensory receptors in the skin

touch

how many nerve cells does an average adult contain in the brain?

nearly 100 billion nerve cells

what are the 100 billion nerve cells called?

neurons

what does the brain directly control?

voluntary movement

name two voluntary behaviors

walking and thinking

name one of the involuntary responses the body also controls

name one

  • heartbeat
  • blood pressure
  • fluid balance
  • posture

the spinal cord is ________ long

44cm long

the spinal cord weighs ________ grams

about 34-40 grams

what is the spinal cord protected by and supported by?

the vertebal colum,

made of small bones called vertebrae

the spinal cord has  ________ layers of tube with an outer layer of nerve fibers wrpped in tissue

2 the spinal cord is douple-layered

connected to the spinal cord are how many pairs of nerves?

31 pairs of nerves