Nervous System Flashcards
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Axon
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Carries impulses away from nerve cell body
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Afferent neuron
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Carry impulses toward the central nervous system
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Central nervous system
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Brain and spinal cord
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Dendrites
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Branching neurons carry electrical signals
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Efferent neurons
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Conduct impulses away from CNS
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Gray matter
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Gray area of CNS
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Menunges
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Membranes that cover brain nd spinal cord
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Nerves
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Bundles of neuron processes
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Neurons
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Cells specialized to carry messages
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Peripheral nervous system
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Connects out lying parts of the body with the CNS
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Polarization
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Inside negative in comparison to outside
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Reflex
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Automatic response
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Somatic nervous system
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Division of PNS
Voluntary ns
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White matter
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White substance of CNS
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Synapse
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Region of communication between neurons
