Taste and smell are similar because:

The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the eye lens . This is due to

What kind of neuron carries information from our eyes to our brain?

The two major parts of the nervous system are the

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ________________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

Neurotransmitters are ______________ that travel across the ______________ to another cell.

Our ______ receive messages and send them to the brain. The brain sends messages to our body on how to respond.

What does the cerebellum do?

What part of the brain controls movement of the skeletal muscles?

What do Axons do?

What is the surface of the cerebrum called?

Which part of the brain is responsible for sensation, thought, movement, awareness, and memory??

Which part of the brain is responsible for movement and coordination?

What are the divisions of the ANS?

Which of the following systems controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle & the glands?

Which division of the ANS regulates resting & nutrition-related functions?

Which type of receptor responds to heat or cold?

What type of receptors are cutaneous & proprioceptors?

What is the sense of body position?

What is the scientific term for smell?

Which sense is also called the gustatory sense?

The five taste sensations are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, & ___.

Where is the sense of balance located?

Which of the following allows us to maintain our balance as we are moving?

The ear distinguishes two main parts of sound waves, which are ___.

Which structure of the ear contains the organ of hearing called the spiral organ or the organ of Corti?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a medium that sound can travel through?

Palpebrae & tears are the two structures that protect the ___.

The ___ division of the ANS is responsible for decreasing the size of the pupil, called constriction.

What is the point at which blurring starts?

What allows both of your eyes to see the same object at the same time & improve your depth perception?

The somatic nervous system is the system that transmits action potentials from the CNS to the ___.

The sympathetic division is the division of the ANS that generally prepares the body for ___.

Collections of neuron bodies that are outside of the CNS are called ___.

What type of neuroglia forms the blood-brain barrier?

What is the fatty wrapping that speeds up the transmission of action potentials down the axon?

What is the ability to undergo an action potential in response to a stimulus?

What is the system that transmits action potentials from the CNS to the skeletal muscles?

What kind of cells insulate PNS axons?

What are neurons that transmits action potentials from sensory receptors to the CNS?

What is the division of ANS that regulates resting & nutrition-related functions like digestion, defecation, & urination?

___are neuroglia that are only found in the CNS.

Efferent neurons are neurons that transmits action potentials from the CNS to the ___.

Which type of neuroglia bind CNS neurons together & insulate the axon?

Which part of the brain stem controls the vital functions of the body like heartbeat & breathing?

What is the anatomical crossing over of neurons from left to right?

What are connections of neuron axons that allow the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with one another?

What condition is not having enough oxygen in the blood, that can be dangerous for the brain because it kills neurons?

The major components of the ___ are the thalamus & hypothalamus.

What is the major structure of the brain which is considered the control center for the subconscious motor functions?

What are the nerves that enable communication between the right & left cerebral hemispheres?

What is the area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body, the largest part of the brain that contains the cerebral cortex, limbic system, & basal ganglia?

Which of the ventricles produce the majority of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain?

What is the function of the cerebrospinal fluid?

Which functional area of the brain initiates basic skeletal muscle movements?

Which functional area of the brain interprets taste?

Which functional area of the brain is responsible for motivation & insight, regulates mood & emotion, & inhibits impulsive behavior?

Which functional area of the brain initiates muscle movement for speech?

Which functional area of the brain is responsible for the comprehension of speech?

Which functional area of the brain interprets basic visual information like color, shape, & size?

Which functional area of the brain interprets basics of sound such as pitch & volume?

Which layer of the meninges is named because the tissue resembles thick webbing like old dusty cobwebs that are formed in barns?