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8th Grade
05/30/2011

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What does the Nervous System do?
Definition
responds to a change in the external environment by sending impulses to the brain
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Dendrites
Definition
receives impulses
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Cell Body
Definition
Contains the nucleous
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Myelin Sheath
Definition
Fatty covering that protects impulses
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Terminal Branches
Definition
sends impulses
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Nucleus
Definition
Small space between 2 neurons
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Stimuli
Definition
carries messages to the Central nervous System
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Response
Definition
sent away from the brain and spinal cord to the entire body
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Central Nervous System is..
Definition
the brain and spinal cord
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The 3 Parts of The Brain
Definition
Cerebrum Cerebellum Medulla
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Cerebrum
Definition
Senses organs; memory, thinking, decision making; controls voluntary muscles
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Cerebellum
Definition
Coordinates voluntary movement
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Medulla
Definition
Controls involuntary muscles
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Homeostasis
Definition
Process organisms maintain constant internal environment even though eternal environment is changing
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What do Glands do?
Definition
make hormones
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What does hormones do?
Definition
carry messages in blood
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What do the Target Organs do?
Definition
Do what the message says to do
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Sensory Neuron
Definition
*S*ends *S*timuli message from environment to the brain and spinal cord- 5 Senses
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Inter Neuron
Definition
Receives information, processes it, gives instructions to the Brain and Spinal Cord
Connects sensory and motor neurons
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Motor Neurons
Definition
Sends info or instruction from brain and Spinal Cord to *M*uscles or glands
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Reflex
Definition
controled by the spinal cord only,
a message sent along a reflex path forming a action
you feel pain after because the message gets to your brain later saying your in pain
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The waste product of Respiration is
Definition
Carbon Dioxide
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The ______ covers the _____ when we swallow food
Definition
Epiglottis; Trachea
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After the air enters the trachea, the trachea splits into two _______.
Definition
Bronci
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The Bronchi lead to either one of the two _____, where their are tiny air sacs called _______ that have millions of capillaries around them for gas exchange to take place
Definition
Lungs; Aveoli
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In the aveoli, ________ gas in exchanged for _______ gas. We end up breathing out _________
Definition
Carbon Dioxide; Oxygen; Carbon Dioxide
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The order of the Respiratory Tract is
Definition
Nose and Mouth, Trachea, Bronchi, Lungs Branching Tubes, Aveoli
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Trachea
Definition
The windpipe, allows you to talk and breathe
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Air Sacs
Definition
aveolis; where the gases are exchanged
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Capillaries
Definition
Surrounds the airsacs
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Bronchi
Definition
their are two of them, connect to both lungs
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Nose and Mouth
Definition
Take in oxygen
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Lungs
Definition
Stretch and expand while taking in air and giving out waste product
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