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The Language of Medicine- 8th Edition

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sensory nerves   carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from a receptor  
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spinal nerves   thirty-one pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord  
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stimulus   agent of change in the internal or external environment that evokes a response  
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stroma   connective and supportive tissue or an organ  
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sulcus   depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex  
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sympathetic nerves   autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in times of stress  
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synapse   space through which a nervous impulse is transmitted from one neuron to another or from a neuron to another cell, such as a muscle or gland cell  
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thalamus   main relay center of the brain. it conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum  
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vagus nerve   tenth cranial nerve  
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ventricles of the brain   canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid  
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