Nervous System

Something that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue, either inside or outside of the body

• Stimulus

• Response

• Cortex

• Neuron

The reaction of the stimulus

• Stimulus

• Response

• Cortex

• Neuron

The outer layer of the brain

• Stimulus

• Response

• Cortex

• Neuron

A nerve cell; the Building block of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves

• Stimulus

• Response

• Cortex

• Neuron

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The largest portion of the brain; integrates the sensory and neural functions involved in thinking and voluntary muscle movement

• Cerebrum

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

The part of the cerebrum where planning and analyzing take place-doesn't mature until 25

• Cerebrum

• Frontal lobe

• Paritel lobe

• Temporal lobe

The part of the cerebrum where taste, temperature sensation, and touch are processed

• Cerebrum

• Fronatl lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

The part of the brain where hearing takes place

• Cerebrum

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

The part of the brain where seeing takes place

• Occipital lobe

• Corpus Callosum

• Cerebellum

• Brain stem

A wide band of nerve fibers that joins the 2 hemispheres together

• Occipital lobe

• Corpus Callosum

• Cerebellum

• Brain stem