6Science Quiz 14A

consists of the brain and spinal cord; makes decisions and controls the body's actions

• peripheral nervous system

• central nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• somatic nervous system

receives the electrical impulse from another neuron

• axon

• dendrite

• soma

• synapse

consists of neurons all over the body; communicates about what goes on in and around the body

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• somatic nervous system

the main pathway of information that connects the brain to the rest of the body

• spinal cord

• brain stem

• peripheral nerves

• cerebellum

List the three parts of the brain

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• hippocampus

the gap between neurons over which impulses cross

• synapse

• axon

• dendrite

• neurotransmitter

a nerve cell

• neuron

• glial cell

• axon

• dendrite

sends the electrical impulse on to the next neuron

• axon

• dendrite

• synapse

• neurotransmitter