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| regulation of an organisms internal, life-maintaining conditions despite changes in it's environment |
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| basic functioning unit of the nervous sysytem, made up of a cell body dendrites, and axons |
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| neuron srtucture that recievs messages and sends them to the cell body |
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| neuron structure that carries messages away from the cell body |
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| samall space across which an impulse moves from a an axon to the dendrites or cel body of another neuron |
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| division of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Divison of the nervous system, made up of all the nerves outside the CNS; connects the brain and spinal cord to other body parts |
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| largest part of the brain where memmory is stored, movments are controled, and impulses from the senses are interpreted |
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| part of the brain that controls voluntary muscle movments, maintains muscle tone, and helps maintain balance |
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| Connects the brain to the spinal cord and is made up of the mid-brain, the pons, and the medulla |
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| automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus; controlled by the spinal cord |
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| Light-sensetive tissue at the back of the eye contains rods and cones |
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| fliud filled structure in the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses that aresent to the brain |
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| nasal nerve cell that becomes stimulated by moleclues in the air and sends impulses to the brain for interpretation |
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| major sensory receptor on the tongue; contains taste hairs that send impulses to the brain fo interpretation |
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