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PNS- peripheral nervous system

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Nerves on the peripheral parts of the body

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CNS - central nervous system

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Nerves in the brain & spinal cord

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ANS - autonomic

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  • controls nerves you don think about
  • heart rate
  • contractions of stomach & intestines
  • secretion if chemical compounds by glands
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Neuron

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  • Nerve cell
  • no mitosis
  • conduct impulses
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Glia cells

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  • act as “glue”
  • Support cells
  • mitosis
  • holds functioning neurons together & protects them
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Schwann cells

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  • found in PNS
  • wrapped around ONE axon
  • form of glia cell
  • form myelin sheaths
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SNS - somatic

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•Controls nerves you think about

Aka voluntary

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Astrocyte

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  • large glia cells that look like stars

* branches attach to neurons and small blood vessels holding them together

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Blood brain barrier (BBB)

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  • It’s the 2 layer structure in astrocytes

* separates the blood tissue and nervous tissue to protect brain tissue from chemicals in blood

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Microglia

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  • in degenerating brain tissue, they enlarge & move about
  • act as microbe eating scavengers
  • digest microbes into cytoplasm
  • clean up cell damage
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Oligrodendrocytes

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  • Found in CNS
  • hold nerve fibers together
  • produce myelin sheath that surround nerve fiber
  • wrap around several axons
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Sensory/ afferent neurons

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• transmits impulses to CNS

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Motor/efferent neurons

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•Transmits Impulses to PNS

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Interneuron

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•conduct impulses from sensory to motor neurons

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Myelin

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•white fatty substance formed by Schwann cells that wrap around some axons outside of CNS

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Nodes of ranvier

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•Spaces between Schwann cells

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Glioma

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•Brain tumor developed from glia cells

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Cell body

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•Main part of a neuron in which dendrites and axons extend

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Axon

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•transmit impulses from cell body away

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Dendrites

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•processes impulses to cell body

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Neurilemma

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  • outer cell membrane of a Schwann cell
  • plays essential part in regenerating of injured axons
  • CNS has no neurilemmas
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Tracts

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•bundles of axons in CNS

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White matter

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Nerves covered w white myelin

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Grey matter

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Tissue made up of cell bodies and unmyelinated axons and dendrites

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Endoneurium

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• thin wrapping of fibrous connective tissue over axon

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Fascicles

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Groups of endometrium aka wrapped axons

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Perineurium

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Layer on top of fascicles aka group of endometrium

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Epineurium

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Tough fibrous sheath that covers the whole nerve

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Action potential

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•route made up of neurons that conduct impulses

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Reflex arc

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  • allow impulse conduction in only one direction

* a 2 neuron arc consists of sensory and motor neurons

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Receptors

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•beginning of dendrites of sensory neurons

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Ganglion

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A groups of nerve cell bodies located in PNS

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Synapse

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Space separating axon ending from one neuron to another neurons dendrites

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Effector

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  • Organ that puts nerve signals “into effect”

* effectors are muscles or glands

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Reflex

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  • the response to impulse conduction over a reflex arc

* “knee jerk” response

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Withdrawl reflex

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•a 3 neuron arc reaction
- include sensory, motor, and interneurons
• a reflex that causes muscles to pull away

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Polarization

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A positive charge on outside & negative on inside

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Depolarization

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Inside is positive & outside is negative

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Saltatory conduction

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Impulse that jumps around the gaps in the myelin sheath on axons

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Presynaptic conduction

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Where the impulse is first transmitted

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Postsynaptic

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Where the impulse it transmitted to

• aka the second neuron the impulse is transmitted to

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Synaptic knob

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•a tiny bulge at the end of a branch on the axon of a presynaptic neuron

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Synaptic cleft

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Space between synaptic knob & the plasma membrane of a postsynaptic neuron

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemicals by which neurons communicate

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Acetylcholine

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Released at some of the synapses in the spinal cord and neuromuscular junctions

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Norepinephrine

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  • Hormone secreted by adrenal medulla

* release my sympathetic nervous system (SMS)

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Dopamine

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Chemical neurotransmitter

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Serotonin

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A neurotransmitter

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Catechism ones

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  • A group in which the compounds ; norepinephrine, dopamine, & serotonin belong to
  • plays role in sleep, motor function, mood, and pleasure recognition
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Endorphins

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  • influence pain & perception
  • a natural pain killer
  • in CNS
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Enkephalins

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Natural painkiller in CNS

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Nitric oxide

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Diffuses directly across the plasma membrane of neurons

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Brainstem

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Consists of the
•medulla oblongata
•pons
•midbrain

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Medulla oblongata

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Consists of grey and white matter

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Reticular formation

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Bits of grey and white matter mixed closely

In the medulla

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Pons

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Consists of white matter and scattered bits of grey

In the brain stem

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Midbrain

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Located above pons

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Cerebellum

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  • Second largest part of human brain
  • arbor vitae
  • plays part in movement
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Arbor vitae

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  • inside cerebellum

* “living tree”

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Diencephalon

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  • located between midbrain & cerebrum

* consists of hypothalamus and thalamus

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Hypothalamus

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  • located below thalamus

* controls all internal organs

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Antidiuretic hormone

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Affects the volume of urine excreted

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Thalamus

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  • above hypothalamus
  • it produces and controls sensations
  • plays a part in the arousal mechanism
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Pineal body

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  • resembles a small pine nut

* receives sensory info

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Cerebrum

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•largest and uppermost part of the brain

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Gyri

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Ridges in the cerebrum

Higher point

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Sulci

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Deepest part of the ridged in cerebrum

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Corpus callosum

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Connects two fissures in the brain (left and right halves )

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Cerebral cortex

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Surface of cerebrum

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Basal nuclei

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Produces automatic movements and postures

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Cerebral vascular accident

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An injury that causes a hemorrhage of blood flow through the cerebral blood vessels.
Victim can’t move the opposite side of body

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Spinal tract

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Bundles of myelinated nerve fibers

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Anesthesia

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Loss of sensation

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Paralysis

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Loss of ability to make voluntary movements

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Meninges

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Tough fluid containing membrane covering brain and spinal cord

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Dura mater

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Tough outermost layer in spin cord

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Pia mater

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Covers innermost membrane I’m spinal cord

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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Fluid between the meninges (pia & arachnoid)

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Ventricles

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Irregular shapes of the brain

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Choroid plexus

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Brain capillary where cerebral spinal fluid is filtered

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Hydrocephalus

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Condition in which the cerebrospinal fluid goes on the brain

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Spinal nerves

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Connect to brain and spinal nerves

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Plexus

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When never fibers from several spinal nerves are reorganized to form a single peripheral nerve
Aka “braided” branching

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Dermatomes

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Skin surface that is supplied by a single spinal nerve

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Sympathetic nervous system

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  • ANS
  • produce changes in our bodies when we have strong emotions
  • fight or flight response
  • located in thoraculumbar system
  • makes a heart beat faster
  • several organs effected
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Autonomic neurons

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Motor neurons that make up ANS

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Ganglia

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“Junction boxes” that are terminated by axons

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Preganglion neuron

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Conduct impulses between spinal cord and ganglion

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Autonomic/visceral effectors

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Tissues to which autonomic neurons conduct impulses

•ex. Cardiac and smooth muscle etc.

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Sympathetic ganglion neurons

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Synapses w postganglionic neurons

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Sympathetic post ganglionic neurons

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Travel in spinal nerves to blood vessels sweat glands and arrector pili hair muscles all over body

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Fight or flight response

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Sympathetic control

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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  • located in cranial sacral system
  • stimulation frequently involves response by only one organ
  • calms a person down
  • one organ effected
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Cholinergic fibers

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Axons that release acetylcholine

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Adrenergic fibers

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Sympathetic postganglionic neurons

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