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1
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gathering information.

To monitor changes occurring inside and outside the body

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Sensory input

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Changes

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stimuli

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To process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed

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Integration

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A response to integrated stimuli

The response activates muscles or glands

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Motor output

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Parts of the Central nervous system (CNS)

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Brain
Spinal cord

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Parts of the Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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Nerve outside the brain and spinal cord

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Sensory division is also known as

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afferent

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Nerve fibers that carry information to the central nervous system

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Sensory (afferent) division

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9
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Motor division is also known as

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efferent

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Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the central nervous system

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Motor (efferent) division

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Two subdivisions of Motor (efferent) division

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Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system

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12
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Is the voluntary subdivision of the motor division

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Somatic nervous system

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13
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Is the involuntary subdivision of the motor division

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Autonomic nervous system

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14
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An Abundant, star-shaped cells that is also known as Brace neurons. They Form barrier
between capillaries and neurons which Control the chemical environment of
the brain.

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Astrocytes

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15
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The support cell of the nervous tissue

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Neuroglia / Glia

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16
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A Spider-like phagocytes that Dispose of debris

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Microglia

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17
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Line cavities of the brain and spinal cord which Circulate
cerebrospinal fluid

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Ependymal cells

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18
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Produce myelin sheath around nerve fibers in the central nervous system.

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Oligodendrocytes

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19
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They Protect neuron cell bodies

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Satellite cells

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20
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Form myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system

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Schwann cells

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21
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nerve cells

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Neurons

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22
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Cells specialized to transmit messages

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Neurons

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23
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Major regions of neurons

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Cell body and Neuron processes

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24
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nucleus and metabolic center of the cell

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Cell body

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25
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fibers that extend from the cell body

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Nerve Processes

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26
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specialized rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)

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Nissl substance

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intermediate CYTOSKELETON that maintains cell shape

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Neurofibrils

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conduct impulses TOWARD the cell body

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conduct impulses AWAY from the cell body

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Axons end in

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axonal terminals

31
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contain vesicles with neurotransmitters

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Axonal terminals

32
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are separated from the next neuron by a gap

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Axonal terminals

33
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the GAP between adjacent neurons

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Synaptic cleft

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the JUNCTION between nerves

35
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produce myelin sheaths in jelly-roll like fashion in the PNS

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Schwann cells

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gaps in myelin sheath along the axon

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Nodes of Ranvier

37
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Most neuron cell body are found in the central nervous system

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central nervous system

38
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cell bodies and unmylenated fibers

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Gray matter

39
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clusters of cell bodies within the white matter of the central nervous system

40
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collections of cell bodies outside the central nervous system

41
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Carry impulses from the sensory receptors which are located in the Cutaneous sense organs

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Sensory (afferent) neurons

42
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detect stretch or tension

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Proprioceptors

43
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Carry impulses from the central nervous system

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Motor (efferent) neurons

44
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Interneurons are also known as

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association neurons

45
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Found in neural pathways in the central nervous system which Connect sensory and motor neurons,

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Interneurons

46
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3 Structural Classification of Neurons

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Multipolar bipolar, and unipolar neurons

47
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many extensions from the cell body

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Multipolar neurons

48
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one axon and one dendrite

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Bipolar neurons

49
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have a short single process leaving the cell body

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Unipolar neurons

50
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ability to respond to stimuli

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Irritability

51
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ability to transmit an impulse

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Conductivity

52
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The plasma membrane at rest is

53
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In the rested plasma membrane, Fewer __________ ions are inside the cell than outside the cell

53
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a stimulus depolarizes the neuron’s membrane

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Depolarization

54
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A deploarized membrane allows _______ to flow inside the membrane

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sodium (Na+)

55
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The exchange of ions initiates an _______ ________ in the neuron

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Action potential

56
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If the action potential (nerve impulse) starts, it is propagated over the entire _____

57
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action potential is also known as

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nerve impulse

58
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___________ ions rush out of the neuron after sodium ions rush in, which repolarizes the membrane

59
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The _______________ ____ restores the original configuration

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sodium-potassium pump

60
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The sodium-potassium pump requires

61
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Impulses travel faster when fibers have a ______ ______

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myelin sheath

62
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are able to cross the synapse to another nerve

63
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is released from a nerve’s axon terminal

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Neurotransmitter

64
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The ________ of the next neuron has receptors that are stimulated by the neurotransmitter

65
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An action potential is started in the _________

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