The control center of the body - Brain, A specialized cell that receives and carries information throughout the body - Neuron, Neuron structures that receive nerve impulses - Dendrites, Actions that take place with a consciousness of an individual - voluntary action, stability - homeostasis, standing upright - posture, The ovaries and the testes - gonads, Connects the brain to the spinal cord - brain stem, Front - anterior, Between the brain and the cerebrum - hypothalamus , back - posterior, The period between childhood and adulthood - adolescence, Used to remove waste products from the blood when kidneys cannot adequately do their job anymore - Dialysis, The sum of all chemical reactions in the body - metabolism, Is an endocrine gland located just behind the stomach - Pancreas, A hormone produced by the pancreas and helps lower blood glucose levels - Insulin, Occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are too high - Diabetes, Gaps between neurons - Synapes, Is a lipid covering that surrounds and protects the axon of some neurons - Myelin sheath, Gaps found between the myelin sheath - nodes,

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