Exam 21: Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -B _________

The _______ is called the emergency gland of the body because it prepares us to cope with threatening situations.

Pain receptors, called _______, are free nerve endings of certain sensory neurons found in almost every tissue.

_______ receive neural impulses and transmit them to the cell body.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -B _________

The membrane potential in a resting neuron is called its _______.

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The _______ consists mainly of nerve tracts passing between the medulla and other parts of the brain. It helps to regulate respiration and sleep.

The _______ is the largest, most prominent part of the brain. It is the center of intellect, memory, language, and consciousness.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -B _________

The _______ is the colored part of the eye which regulates the amount of light entering the eye.

The _______ controls the muscles that move the eyeball.

The _______ links the nervous and endocrine systems.

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The _______ gland, sometimes called the master gland of the body, secretes at least seven distinct hormones.

Any detectable change in the environment-internal or external-is called a _______.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -A _________

The odors detected by the olfactory epithelium are transmitted by the _______ nerve.

The three tissue layers covering the brain and spinal cord are the _______.

A _______ is a junction between two neurons, or between a neuron and a muscle (or gland).