What does the cerebrum do?

Which part of the brain controls functions essential to life such as breathing and heart rate?

What is the part highlighted in red?

This part of the neuron receives chemical messages from the neurotransmitters of other neurons. It is labeled A in the diagram.

The long part of a neuron that sends information to receiving neurons. Labelled D in diagram.

Which part of the brain controls your blood pressure and heart rate?

What is the gap between two neurons called?

In which direction does a signal travel inside a neuron?

__________ carry messages between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

These cells are responsible for transmitting electrochemical signals to and from the brain

If you are having trouble with your BALANCE and COORDINATION, which part of your brain should be checked?

Which color is the BRAIN STEM?

Which color is the CEREBELLUM?

Which color is the CEREBRUM?

What is the function of the nervous system?

A nerve cell is called a:

The brain stem/medulla is labeled as #...

The cerebellum is labeled as #...

Which part of the brain controls senses, thinking, and memory?

Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?

This structure is involved in fear/panic response

Who has a bigger frontal lobe?

The correct direction of the signal within one neuron.

The long part of a neuron that sends information to the next neuron

The tiny gap between neurons where signals are sent from one neuron to another. It is where communication occurs between an axon and dendrite

Which is the following is represented by the letter B?

Which of the following is represented by letter C?

Which is represented by the letter G?

Short, bushy parts of the neuron that take in signals

The long part of the neuron that carries signals away from the cell body:

The space between neurons:

W

What are the chemicals that transmit a signal across a synapse from one neuron to another?

Z

X

The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron.

This neurotransmitter is linked to feelings of pleasure, euphoria, and reward.

The receiving part of a neuron.

The tiny gap between neurons where nerve impulses are sent from one neuron to another.

The proper name for brain chemicals

Type of neurotransmitters that increase the chance of the next neuron firing

Type of neurotransmitters that decrease the chance of the next neuron firing

Neurotransmitters that are ____________ cause a neuron to fire whereas ____________ neurotransmitters reduce the likelihood that a neuron will fire.

In order for a neuron to send a signal, the neuron must receive more

Touch receptors are classified as

The sense of the body's position

Receptors that detect light

Receptors that detect taste and smell

An example of a chemoreceptor is

What kind of receptors enable the sense of smell?

What is label B?

In synaptic transmission, what is released into the synaptic cleft between two neurons?

sensory receptors that respond to physical touch, stretch, hearing, and pressure

The largest part of the brain -- controls the senses and conscious thought. Includes multiple lobes with different functions.

anterior cingulate cortex

connects the amygdala to the frontal lobe; allows us to make better decisions when the amygdala is activated

responsible for controlling hunger, thirst, many emotions, body temperature, and circadian rhythms (sleeping and waking patterns)

The signals sent along a single neuron are

responsible for turning experiences into memories

responsible for empathy; small or damaged in psychopaths

The signals sent between neurons are

Part of the brain that allows you to control impulses from the amygdala; smaller in toddlers than in older children