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Nervous System

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Stimulus   A change or signal in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react  
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Response   An action or change in behavior tht occours in reaction to a stimulus.  
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Neuron   A cell that carriues information through the nervvous system  
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Nerve Impulse   A message carried by a neroun  
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Dendrite   A threadlike extension of a neroun that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body  
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Axon   A threadlike extension of a neroun that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body  
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Nerve   A bundle of nerve fibers  
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Sensory Neroun   A neroun that picks up stimuli from the internal or external enviroment and converts each stimulis into a nerve impulse  
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Interneroun   A neroun that carries nerve impulses from one neroun to another  
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Motor Neroun   A neroun that sends an impulse to a muscle or gland, causing the muscle or gland to react  
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Synapse   The junction where one neroun can transfer an impulse to another structure  
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