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Nervous System Flashcards

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Central nervous system

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Spinal cord

Brain

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Sensory (afferent)

Motor (efferent): somatic and autonomic: sympathetic and parasympathetic

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Neurons

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Transmit electrical impulses

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Dendrites

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Convey messages towards cell body

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Cell body

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Biosynthesis center

Nissl bodies: rough ER

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Axon

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Send impulse away from cell body

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Gray matter

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Unmyelinated fibers in CNS

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White matter

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Myelinated fibers in CNS

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Neuroglia

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Supporting cells

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Ependymal

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CSF circulator

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Functions

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Sensory
Integration
Motor (response)

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