| A | B |
|---|
| autonomic | involuntary |
| central nervous sytem | brain & spinal cord (CNS) |
| cerebral cortex | outer layer of cerebrum |
| cerebral palsy | motor function defect dueto brain disorder |
| corpus callosum | connects two hemispheres of brain |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid (fluid around spinal cord) |
| dementia | deterioration of thought processes |
| dendrite | structure that receives impulses |
| hypothalamus | part of brain that regulates many body activities ("thermostat" of body) |
| lobe | section (of the cerebrum, for example) |
| meninges | membranes around brain & spinal cord |
| nerve | channedl forinformaiton transmission |
| neuron | nerve cells (transmit impulses) |
| peripheral nervous system | nerves that exten throughout the body |
| somatic | voluntary |
| spinal cord | transmits nerve impulses between brain & body |
| syhnapse | space between neurons (or between neuron & organ) |
| thalamus | 2 organs that relay sensory impulses to cerebral cortex |
