Has no pain receptors and is divided into hemispheres

Major communication link between the brain and the peripheral nervous system

Connect the central nervous system (CNS) to sensory organ

Largest part of brain consisting of left and right hemispheres

Part of brain located at base of skull that is involved in basic life processes

Integrates sensor information that passes between the spinal cord and forebrain.

House the vision center

Region of the brain which plays an important role in the combination of sensory perception and motor output

Receive smell and voice input and are involved in memory, thought and judgment

Involved in smell, voluntary motor function, motivation, aggression and mood

Contain sensory areas which control basic senses, taste and balance

Portion of the brain which is generally thought of when the brain is mentioned

Synapses is the location where neurons transfer impulses between cells

There over a million nerve cells in the human body.

Nerves can carry signals at 100 meters per second.

The brain is made up of 75% water.

There are pain receptors in the brain.

The brain is 70% fat

Cerebrum: the largest and most developed part of brain.

The nervous system controls

Threadlike structure in the neuron that carries signals away from the cell to other neurons.

Branchlike part of neurons that receives impulses from other neurons.

Gray mass that surrounds the part of brain that controls functions like problem solving

An insulating laye that forms around nerves made up of protein and fatty substances allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells.

The ______ is the Region of the brain which plays an important role in the combination of sensory perception and motor output.

Main site for protein synthesis, contains the nucleus and produces energy is the _______.

Nerve cells which receive stimuli and transmit action potentials is called _______.

Consists of sensory receptors, nerves, ganglia and plexuses and senses stimuli; sends information to and receives information from the central nervous system is the ________.