Chapter 9 Aids To Understanding Words Flashcards

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Dendr

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Tree

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Ax

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Axis

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Funi

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Small cord or fiber

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Gangli

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A swelling

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Lemm

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Rind or peel

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Mening

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Membrane

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Moto

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Moving

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Peri

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Around

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Plex

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Interweaving

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Sens

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Feeling

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Syn

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Together

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Ventr

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Belly or stomach

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Cylindrical nerve fiber that carries impulses away from a neuron cell body

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Axon

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Branched nerve cell process that serves as a receptor surface of a neuron

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Dendrites

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Major nerve tract or bundle of myelinated nerve cell axons within the spinal cord

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Funiculus

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Mass of neuron cell bodies

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Ganglion

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Sheath that surrounds the myelin of a nerve cell axon

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Neurilemma

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Membranous coverings of the brain and spinal cord

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Meninges

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Neuron that stimulates a muscle to contract or a gland to secrete

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Motor neuron

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Portion of the nervous system that consists of nerves branching from the brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Mass of specialized capillaries associated with spaces in the brain

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Choroid plexus

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Neuron that conducts impulses into the brain or spinal cord

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Sensory Neuron

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Junction between two neurons

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Synapse

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Fluid-filled space within the brain

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Ventricle