Chapter 6 Body and Behavior

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Potpourri Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

The gap between neurons

• Neurons

• Synapse

• Neurotransmitters

• Dendrites

Nerves that run up and down the length of the back & transmit most messages between the body & brain

• Spinal Cord

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Neurons

Nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Center Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

The long thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain

• Neurons

• Neurotransmitters

• Dendrites

• Axon terminals

The chemicals released by neurons

• Neurotransmitters

• Synapses

• Dendrites

• Hormones

The basic building blocks of heredity

• Genes

• Zygote

• Neurons

• Hormones

Chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood

• Neurotransmitters

• Hormones

• Serotonin

• Narcotics

The different regions into which the cerebral cortex is divided

• Lobes

• Axons

• Synapses

• Thalamus