Structure & Function
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| cell body | show 🗑
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| dendrite | show 🗑
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| show | Part of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body.
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| show | Fatty tissue that covers axons.
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| show | Group of fibers at the end of an axon that passes the impulses leaving the neuron to the next neuron.
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| show | Space over which nerve impulses jump from one neuron to another.
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| show | Various substances located in tiny sacs at the end of the axon.
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| excitability | show 🗑
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| stimulus | show 🗑
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| show | Ability to transmit a signal.
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| show | Neuron that carries information to the muscles and glands from the central nervous system.
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| show | Neuron that carries information from the sensory receptors to the central nervous system.
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| show | Neuron that carries and processes sensory information.
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| show | Bundle of neurons that bear electrical messages to the organs and muscles of the body.
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| acetylcholine | show 🗑
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| show | Hormone produced in response to stress.
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| show | Released energy that is received or transmitted by tissue or organs and that usually provokes a response.
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| show | Tissue or organ that receives nerve impulses; part of a target cell with properties compatible with a particular substance (hormone).
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| show | membranous covering of myelin sheath
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| show | barrier that permits a few chemicals to reach brains neurons but blocks most
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| central nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Body organ responsible for controlling the body’s functions and interactions with outside stimuli.
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| brain stem | show 🗑
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| show | Part of the brainstem involved with visual reflexes.
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| show | Part of the brainstem that controls certain respiratory functions.
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| medulla oblongata | show 🗑
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| show | One of the four major divisions of the brain; division that coordinates musculoskeletal movement.
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| show | One of the four major divisions of the brain; division involved with emotions, memory, conscious thought, moral behavior, sensory interpretations, and certain bodily movement.
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| cerebral cortex | show 🗑
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| show | Deep slit in the skin; deep furrow or slit (as in bone); one of many indentations of the cerebrum; sulcus
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| show | Folds in the cerebral cortex; gyri.
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| basil ganglia | show 🗑
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| show | controls voluntary motor movements, emotions, behaviors
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| show | controls and interprets sense and taste
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| temporal lobe | show 🗑
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| occipital lobe | show 🗑
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| corpus callosum | show 🗑
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| show | One of the four major structures of the brain; it is the deep portion of the brain and contains the thalamus.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station; gland in the nervous system that releases hormones to aid in regulating pituitary hormones.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station.
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| cranium | show 🗑
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| cerebral spinal fluid | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Either of the two lower chambers of the heart. 2. Cavity in the brain for cerebrospinal fluid.
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| spinal cord | show 🗑
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| show | Three layers of membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Three layers of membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
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| arachnoid | show 🗑
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| subdural space | show 🗑
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| show | Innermost layer of meninges
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| show | Area between the pia mater and the bones of the spinal cord.
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| olfactory (sensory) | show 🗑
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| show | sense of vision
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| oculomotor (motor) | show 🗑
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| show | muscles that move the eye
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| trigeminal (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| abducens (motor) | show 🗑
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| facial (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| show | equilibrium and hearing
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| glossopharyngeal (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| show | speech, swallowing, heart muscles and certain glands
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| accessory (cranial and spinal- motor) | show 🗑
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| show | muscles that move the tongue
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| show | muscles of the back of the head, neck and in the diaphragm
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| brachial (lower neck, axila) | show 🗑
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| show | abdominal skin and muscles
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| show | muscles off the butt, thighs, feet, legs and voluntary sphincters
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| coccygeal (coccyx and surrounding area) | show 🗑
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| cervical nerves | show 🗑
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| thoracic nerves | show 🗑
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| Sacral nerves | show 🗑
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| parasympathetic nervous system | show 🗑
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| sympathetic nervous system | show 🗑
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| cranial nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Any of 31 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord and the torso and extremities.
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| show | Part of the peripheral nervous system that receives and processes sensory input from various parts of the body.
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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