Chapter 7 Nervous System
Vocabulary terms
1. Nervous system
2. Sensory input
3. Integration
4. Motor output
5. Central Nervous System (CNS)
6. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
7. Afferent (sensory)
8. Efferent (motor)
9. Somatic nervous system
10. Autonomic nervous system
11. Neuron
12. Cell body (part of the neuron)
13. Dendrites (part of neuron)
14. Axon (part of neuron)
15. Axon hillock (part of neuron)
16. Axon terminals
17. Neurotransmitters
18. Synaptic cleft
19. Myelin sheath
20. Nodes of Ranvier
21. Neuroglia
22. Astrocytes
23. Microglia
24. Ependymal cells
25. Oligodendrocytes
26. Schwann cells
27. Satellite cells
28. Nuclei: what cell bodies found in the Central
Nervous System (CNS) in clusters are called
29. Ganglia: cell bodies found outside the CNS in
the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
30. Tracts: bundles of nerve fibers running through
the CNS
31. Nerves: bundles of nerve fibers running
through the PNS
32. White matter
33. Gray matter
34. Sensory or afferent neuron
35. Receptors
36. Motor efferent neurons
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Interneurons
Multipolar neuron
Bipolar neuron
Unipolar neuron
Depolarization
Graded potential
Action potential
Repolarization
Reflex
Reflex arc
Somatic reflexes
Autonomic reflexes
Neural tube
Ventricles
Cerebral hemispheres (cerebrum) (in brain)
Gyri
Sulci
Fissures
Lobes
Cerebral cortex
Primary somatic sensory area
Primary motor area
Broca’s area
Basal nuclei
Diencephalon
Limbic system
Dura matter
Meninges
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater
Cerebrospinal fluid
Spinal cord
Endoneurium
Perineurium
Epineurium
Preganglionic axon
Postganglionic axon
Sympathetic division
Parasympathetic division
Cranial nerves: Know the 12 cranial nerves (page 259-260)
Parts of spinal cord: (know location), central canal, white matter, gray matter, lateral horn of gray matter, ventral horn
of gray matter, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal and ventral root of spinal nerve
Brain: (Know the location of these) parietal lobe, occipital lobe, frontal lobe, central sulcus, cerebellum, medulla
oblongata, corpus collosum, thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, ponds, mammillary body, optic chiasma, pineal
body, midbrain
Tentative Chapter 7 timeline
Monday, Jan 13th:
 Assign vocabulary
 introduction questions (questions due Jan 14th)
Tuesday, Jan 14th:
 Start notes on parts of nervous system
 questions on identification of neuron parts (due Jan 15th)
Wednesday, Jan 15th
 First vocabulary quiz (# 1-15)
 Finish notes on introduction of nervous system
 Reflex arc questions (due Jan 16th)
Thursday, Jan 16th
 Assign Neurological Disorder Project (due Feb 5th) (*you will get two class periods during the unit to work on
this, but the rest needs to be done on your own)
 Nervous system webquest (due Jan 17th)
Friday, Jan 17th
 Touch and Spinal Reflex Lab (due today)
Wednesday Jan 22nd
 2nd Vocabulary Quiz (#16 -30)
 Finish notes if needed on introduction to nervous system and reflexes
 Handout on practice Identification of parts of brain (due Jan 23rd)
Thursday Jan 23rd
 Notes on parts of brain
 Questions on parts of brain (due Jan 24th)
Friday Jan 24th
 Dissection of Sheep Brain
Monday Jan 27th
 3rd vocabulary quiz (#31-45)
 Finish notes on Central Nervous system
 Questions on CNS (due Jan 28th)
Tuesday Jan 28th
 Parts of brain Quiz
 Computer lab time to work on Project
Wednesday 30th
 Spinal cord questions (due today)
Thursday Jan 31st
 4th vocabulary quiz (#46-60)
 spinal cord notes
Friday Feb 1st
 Peripheral nervous system notes
 Questions on parts of peripheral nervous system (due Feb 3rd)
Monday Feb 3rd
 5th vocabulary quiz (#61-75)
 Notes on sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
 Questions on sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions (due Feb 4th)
Tuesday Feb 4th
 Computer lab time for project
Wednesday Feb 5th
 Presentations on neurological disease project
 Give Study guide for test
Thursday Feb 6th
 Review for test
Friday Feb 7th
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Test on Chapter 7 Nervous System