Question

What do we call the structural and functional unit of nervous system 2 Expand the term CNS. 3. Which is the largest part of the brain? 4. Define a. Synapse b. Coordination. 5. Define stimulus with an example.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• 1)Neurons, or nerve cell, are the main structural and functional units of the nervous system. Every neuron consists of a body (soma) and a number of processes
• 2) The brain and spinal cord. Also called central nervous system. Enlarge. Anatomy of the brain, showing the cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, and other parts of the brain.
• 3) The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum initiates and coordinates movement and regulates temperature. Other areas of the cerebrum enable speech, judgment, thinking and reasoning, problem-solving, emotions and learning.

• 4) Synapse, also called neuronal junction, the site of transmission of electric nerve impulses between two nerve cells (neurons) or between a neuron and a gland or muscle cell (effector
• b) Coordination. The harmonious functioning of interrelated organs and parts, applied especially to the process of the motor apparatus of the brain which provides for the co-working of particular groups of muscles for the performance of definite adaptive useful responses.

• 5) A stimulus is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change. The plural of stimulus is stimuli. Stimuli can be external or internal. An example of external stimuli is your body responding to a medicine. An example of internal stimuli is your vital signs changing due to a change in the body