GS Ch 8: Nervous and Endocrine System

a threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body

• axon

• dendrite

• cochlea

• rod

structure that connects the brain to the spinal cord

• brain stem

• central nervous system

• dendrite

• neuron

brain and spinal cord

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement and balance

• cerebellum

• cerebrum

• brain stem

• central nervous system

largest part of the brain; it processes information from sensory organs

• cerebrum

• brain stem

• cerebellum

• peripheral nervous system

part of the ear where the sensory receptors are located

• cochlea

• cone

• neron

• retina

receptor cell in the eye that is sensitive to light energy that results in color vision

• cone

• rod

• sensory receptor

• synapse

neuron fiber that receives signals and carries them toward the cell body

• dendrite

• axon

• neuron

• peripheral nervous system

organ that produces and releases chemicals either through ducts or into the bloodstream

• gland

• hormone

• cochlea

• rod

chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another

• hormone

• gland

• axon

• dendrite