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15 Cards in this Set
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The Central Nervous System contains only two parts of your body, the ____ and the ___
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Brain and Spinal Cord
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What cell acts as insulation to axons?
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Myelin
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______ conduction occurs with myelin and allows impulses to move faster
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Saltatory
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The 3 regions of the brain are the ____, ______, and the _____
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Central core, limbic system and cerebral cortex
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the pons is responsible for ______
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relays information between cerebrum and cerebellum
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The parietal lobe is responsible for what sense?
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touch
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the occipital lobe is responsible for what?
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sight
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what does the cornea do?
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allows light to enter the the eye
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vitreous humour gives eye what?
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shape
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Retina converts light into what?
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nervous impulses
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the optic nerve carries impulses from retina to what part of the brain
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occipital lobe
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rods and cones contain what pigments
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rhodopsin
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rhodopsin is made up of what chemicals?
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opsin and vitamin A
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cones see what 3 colours?
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red green blue
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what lobe of the brain is personality in?
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frontal lobe
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