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AFFERENT
GYRI
MYELIN SHEATH
Cushions the brain
with a watery
composition
Substance released
at axon terminals
Rapid, automatic
responses to stimuli
NERVES
RETICULAR
FORMATION
DURA MATER
4 main parts of the
brain are: cerebellum,
brain stem,
diencephalon, _____
CEREBELLUM
Another name for
motor nerves
Part of the nerve
that receives the
stimuli
A traumatic brain
injury that is due to
lack of oxygen; stroke
Controls temperature,
thirst, hunger
Stores memories
SYNAPSE
NEUROTRANSMIT
TERS
Makes up the
brain and spinal
cord
CENTRAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Ridges on the
brain
POLARIZED
Speeds up
stimulus
conduction on
neuron
HIPPOCAMPUS
Gap between axons
and dendrites
OCCIPITAL
HYPOTHALA
MUS
Connects the left
and right
hemispheres
MICROGLIA
Auditory area in brain
FRONTAL
Three meninges
are: pia mater,
arachnoid,
__________
DENDRITE
The layer surrounding
Portions of the
brain that make up fascicles
the “thinking”
matter
Voluntary nervous
system that
controls muscles
EFFERENT
Responsible for
coordination and
balance
PERINEURIUM
Back portion of the
brain
GRAY MATTER
Part of nerve cell that
sends messages
Another name for
sensory nerves
CEREBROVASCULAR
ACCIDENT
Shallow groove in
brain
REFLEXES
Resting membrane
SULCI
CEREBROSPINAL
FLUID
TEMPORAL
Motor speech area in
brain
CEREBRUM
Peripheral Nervous
System consists of
_______
AXON
THE END
CORPUS
CALLOSUM
AUTONOMIC
Part of brain that activates
awake and sleep cycles
Phagocytes that rid the
neurons of debris