Levels of Organization/Nervous Vocabulary

an involuntary automatic response to a stimulus that occurs rapidly and without conscious

• response
• reaction
• reflex
• instinct

a cell that carries information through the nervous system

• Neuron
• Epithelial cell
• Muscle cell
• Glial cell

Levels of organization

• Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism
• Species
• Atom
• Molecule

a group of similar cells that perform a specific function

• Organ
• Cell
• Organism
• Tissue

network of nerves that branches out from the central nervous system to the rest of the body

• Somatic nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system
• Autonomic nervous system
• Central nervous system

made up of the brain and spinal cord which controls most the functions of the body and mind

• Peripheral Nervous System
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous System
• Central Nervous System

a group of organs that work together to perform a major function for an organism

• Organ group
• Organ system
• Cellular network
• Tissue cluster

your bodies response to keep the conditions inside your body stable

• Homeostasis
• Equilibrium
• Stability
• Balance

A thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to nerves in the body

• brain stem
• cerebellum
• spinal cord
• peripheral nerves

composed of different kinds of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions

• Organ
• System
• Cell
• Tissue