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Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Review
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Science
3rd Grade
12/18/2011

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three main parts of the nervous system
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the brain, the nerves, and the spinal cord
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brain
Definition
controls your whole body
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nerves
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carry messages from your brain to your body and back again
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spinal cord
Definition
a large group of nerves in your backbone
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sense organs
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the parts of your body that God designed to help you react to the things around you
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the most important sense organs
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sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
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lens
Definition
focuses pictures
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iris
Definition
controls the amount of light entering the eye (the colored part of the eye)
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pupil
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the opening which lets light into the eye (the black circle at the center of your eye)
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retina
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area where the image of the picture is made
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optic nerve
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carries messages of pictures to the brain
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vibrate
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to move rapidly back and forth
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auditory canal
Definition
tube opening into other parts of the ear
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eardrum
Definition
thin sheet of skin separating the outer ear from the middle ear
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hammer, anvil, and stirrup
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three small bones in the middle ear that continue vibrations
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cochlea
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liquid inside the inner ear that carries vibrations
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auditory nerve
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sends sound message to the brain
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molecules
Definition
tiny particles of a substance
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taste buds
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the little bumps on the tongue which contain nerves for the sense of taste
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pores
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tiny holes in the skin
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perspiration
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the liquid waste that is given off through the pores of the skin
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scab
Definition
the protective crust that forms over a wound when your skin has been cut
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