Nervous System Vocab

Front

Gathering info from inside & outside the body

Back

Sensory input

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Front

Process and interpret sensory input; decide if action is needed.

Back

integration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Front

Response to integrated stimuli

Back

Motor output

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Front

Brain and spinal cord

Back

Central nervous system

Front

Nerves branching from the brain and spinal cord

Back

peripheral nervous system

Front

Nerves carrying info to the brain

Back

afferent

Front

Nerves carrying impulses away from the brain

Back

efferent

Front

Voluntary control of skeletal muscles

Back

Somatic

Front

Involuntary control of muscles and glands

Back

autonomic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Front

Control and coordinates body processes using chemical signals.

Back

Endocrine system.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3