Medical Detectives - Lesson 2

brain and spinal cord

• neuron

• Central Nervous System (CNS)

• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

• Somatic Nervous System

acts as control center for nervous system; processes information; provides short-term control over activities of other systems

• Autnomic Nervous Systen

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Nerve

• Central Nervous System

the sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

• Central Nervous System

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

• neuron

• synapse

• axon

• dendrite

the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs

• autonomic nervous system

• neuron

• spinal cord

• nerve

Largest part of the brain; uses information from the senses to respond to environment

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Temporal Lobe

• Nerve

the "little brain", controls balance and complex actions

• cerebellum

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

Connects the brain and spinal cord, controls hunger, thirst and basic body functions

• brain stem

• cerebellum

• cerebral cortex

• temporal lobe

connects the brain to the rest of the body, contains sensory and motor neurons

• spinal cord

• cerebral cortex

• parietal lobe

• nerve

front of cerebrum, reasoning and planning

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe