Chapter 8

Neuron that carries information from the sensory receptors to the central nervous system.

Middle layer of meninges.

A type of neuroglia that maintains nutrient and chemical levels in neurons.

Part of the peripheral nervous system that carries impulses from the central nervous system to glands, smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and various membranes.

Part of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body.

Large masses of gray matter within the cerebrum.

Body organ responsible for controlling the body's functions and interactions with outside stimuli.

One of the four major divisions of the brain; division that controls certain heart, lung, and visual functions.

Part of a nerve cell that has branches or fibers that reach out to send or receive impulses.

The brain and spinal cord.

One of the four major divisions of the brain; division that coordinates musculoskeletal movement.

Outer portion of the cerebrum.

Watery fluid that flows throughout the brain and around the spinal cord.

One of the four major divisions of the brain; division involved with emotions, memory, conscious thought, moral behavior, sensory interpretations, and certain bodily movement.

Ability to transmit a signal.

Folds in the cerebral cortex; gyri.

Bridge of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebrum.

Any of 12 pairs of nerves that carry impulses to and from the brain.

Bony structure that the brain sits in.

A thin branching extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses toward the cell body.

One of the four major structures of the brain; it is the deep portion of the brain and contains the thalamus.

Outermost layer of meninges.

Neuron that carries information to the muscles and glands from the central nervous system.

Area between the pia mater and the bones of the spinal cord.

One of the parts of the diencephalon; serves as a sensory relay station.

Ability to respond to stimuli.

One of many indentations of the cerebrum; sulcus.

One of the four parts of each hemisphere of the cerebrum.

Also convolution

One of the parts of the diencephalon; serves as a sensory relay station.

Neuron that carries and processes sensory information.

Part of the brain stem that regulates heart and lung functions, swallowing, vomiting, coughing, and sneezing.

Three layers of membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.

A type of neuroglia that removes debris.

Part of the brainstem involved with visual reflexes.

Fatty tissue that covers axons.

Bundle of neurons that bear electrical messages to the organs and muscles of the body.

Basic cell of the nervous system having three parts: cell body, dendrite, and axon; neuron.

Released energy that is received or transmitted by tissue or organs and that usually provokes a response.

Membranous covering that protects the myelin sheath.

Cell of the nervous system that does not transmit impulses.

Basic cell of the nervous system having three parts; nerve cell.

Various substances located in tiny sacs at the end of the axon.

One of the four parts of each hemisphere of the cerebrum.

A type of neuroglia that produces myelin and helps to support neurons.

Part of the autonomis nervous system that operates when the body in in a normal state.

One of the four parts of each hemisphere of the cerebrum.

Innermost layer of meninges.

Part of the brainstem that controls certain respiratory functions.

Tissue or organ that receives nerve impulses.

Part of the peripheral nervous system that receives and processes sensory input from various parts of the body.

Ropelike tissue that sits inside the vertebral column and from which spinal nerves extend.

Any of 31 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord and the torso and extremities.

Anything that arouses a response.

Area between the dura mater and the pia mater across which the arachnoid runs.

Also fissure.

Part of the autonomic nervous system that operates when the body in under stress.

Space over which nerve impulses jump from one neuron to another.

One of the four parts of each hemisphere of the cerebrum.

Group of fibers at the end of an axon that passes the impulses leaving the neuron to the next neuron.

One of the four parts of the diencephalon; serves as a sensory relay station.

One of the four parts of the diencephalon; serves as a sensory relay station.

Cavity in the brain for cerebrospinal fluid.

cerebell(o)

cerebr(o), cerebri

crani(o)

encephal(o)

gangli(o)

gli(o)

mening(o), meningi(o)

myel(o)

neur(o), neuri

spin(o)

thalam(o)

vag(o)

ventricul(o)

Reflex on the plantar surface of the foot.

X-ray of the brain's blood vessels after a dye is injected.

Radiographic imaging that produces cross-sectional images.

Record of the electrical impulses of the brain.

Record of the radiographic study of the ventricles of the brain.