"Nervous" Terms and Definitons
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| show | the body's primary information processing system; includes the brain and spinal cord
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| peripheral nervous system (PNS) | show 🗑
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| show | bundle or bundles of neuron fibers surrounded by connective tissue
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| stimulus | show 🗑
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| show | nerve cell that carries information from the environment to the central nervous system
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| show | specialized cell that transmits signals to sensory neurons
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| interneuron | show 🗑
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| show | nerve cell that carries signals from the central nervous system to muscle or gland cells
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| reflex | show 🗑
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| dendrite | show 🗑
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| axon | show 🗑
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| myelin sheath | show 🗑
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| node | show 🗑
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| resting potential | show 🗑
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| show | voltage change that occurs when the difference in charge across a membrane decreases
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| show | minimum change in a membrane's voltage that must occur to generate an action potential
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| show | change in voltage across the plasma membrane of a neuron resulting in a nerve signal
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| synapse | show 🗑
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| synaptic cleft | show 🗑
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| show | chemical messenger that carries information from one neuron to another or to another cell
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