Anatomy Chapter 10: Nervous Tissue: Nervous Tissue and Brain
Synapes
Axons
Dendrites
Nodes of Ranvier
Tips of the dendrites
Cell body
Postsynaptic receptors
Axon terminals
Vesicle
Cell body
Synapse
Node of Ranvier
Dopamine
ACh
Acetylcholinesterase
Norepinephrine
Myelination
Depolarization
Saltatory conduction
Repolarization
Broca's area
The cecntral sulcus
The pia mater
The longitudinal fissure
Hypothalamus
Medulla oblongata
Limbic system
Cerebellum
Brain stem
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Reticular formation
Olfactory
Visual
Motor
Language
Diencephalons
Brain stem
Limbic system
Emotional brain
Parkinson's disease
Blindness
Respiratory depression
Hypertension
Natural morphine-like substances that can reduce anxiety and induce a sense of well-being
Energy sources much like ATP
Secreted by the choroi plexus and circulated within the subarachnoid space
Waste products generated by depolarizing neurons
Fissures
Sulci
Foramen
Convultions, or gyri
Pons
Gyrus
Sulces
Corpus callosum
Diencephalons
Hpothalamus
Cerebellum
Spinal cord
Medulla oblongata
Brain stem
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Limbic system
Meninges
Blood-brain barrier
Cranium
Connects the right and left hemispheres
Connects the hypothalumus to the posterior pituitary gland
Lines the cerebral ventricles
Connects the brain stem to the cerebellum
Parietal
Occipital
Frontal
Temporal
Is a brain stem structure
Is a cerebellar structure
Contains the primary auditory cortex
Is a large mass of white matter that joins the right and left cerebral hemispheres
Is a brain stem structure
Performs the "executive" functions
Is called the vital center
Contains the primary visual cortex
Are located along the postsynaptic membrane
Increase the speed of the action potential
Synthesize the neurotransmitter acetylcholine
Store ACh in tiny vesicles
Blood
Lymph
Cerebrospinal fluid
Cytoplasm
Synthesize neurotransmitters such as ACh
Form cerebrospinal fluid
Phagocytose debris
Secrete myelin
Astrocyte
Neuroglia
Neuron
Ependymal cell
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