science Flashcards
(32 cards)
Recieves information from the sensory system, the spinal cord and other parts of the brain and then regulates motor movement.
CEREBELLUM
Links the nervous system to the endocrine system via pituitary gland
CEREBRUM
It serves important function in motor movements, particularly movements of the eye, in auditory and visual processing.
MIDBRAIN
Relays sensory impulses from receptors in various parts of the body to the cerebral cortex.
THALAMUS
Its main function is to keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis.
HYPOTHALAMUS
A part of your brainstem, a structure that links your brain to your spinal cord.
PONS
Center for respiration and circulation. A key conduit for nerve signals to and from your body. Linking together your cardiovascular system.
MEDULLA
send motor commands from the brain to the body; send sensory information from the body to the brain; and
coordinate reflexes.
SPINAL CORD
Anchor neurons to capillaries
ASTROCYTES
immune cells of the central nervous system regulate brain development, maintenance of neuronal networks, and injury repair. phagocytes (digest debris and dead cells)
MICROGLIA
ciliated; always on surface near spinal fluid; circulates fluid
EPENDYMAL CELLS
fatty; insulated nerve fibers
OLIGODENDROCYTES
contains high amount of lipid, forms the myelin sheath
SCHWANN CELLS
form protective layer around nerve cell body
SATELLITE CELLS
information messengers
NEURONS
male reproductive cell called
sperm
An oval – shaped organ
Testis or Testicles
The testes contain 2 – 3 thin coiled tubes
seminiferous tubules
A thin external pocket
Scrotum
A small comma – shaped organ
Epididymis
Long tube connected to one end of the epididymis.
Vas Deferens
look like lumps of tubular knots
Seminal Vesicles
bulbous accessory gland
Prostate
tiny bulbous structures
Bulbourethral Glands or Cowper’s Gland
