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Term
Definition
Nervous System   helps to maintain homeostasis by sresponding to conditions within and outside of the body; done by a stimulus  
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Stimulus   something that causes activity that the nervous system detects and responds to  
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Structural Divisions   CNS, peripheral nervous system  
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Central Nervous System (CNS)   includes the brain and the spinal cord  
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Peripheral Nervous System   all of the other nerves outside of the CNS  
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Cranial Nerves   carry impulses to and from the brain  
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Spinal Nerves   carry messages to and from the spinal cord  
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Functional Divisions   made up of effectors; somatic nervous system, autonomic nervous system  
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Effectors   any tissue or organ that carries out a demand from the nervous system, all of which are muscles or glands  
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Somatic Nervous System   voluntary nervous system; comprised of the skeletal muscles  
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Autonomic Nervous System   involuntary nervous system; comprised of the visceral nervous system; controls the smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, glands and organs  
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Autonomic Nervous System   includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems  
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Sympathetic Nervous System   adrenergic nervous system  
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Parasympathetic Nervous System   cholinergic nervous system  
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Nerve Cells   neuron, axon, myelin, neurilemma  
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Neuron   the functioning cell of the nervous system  
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Dendrites   nerve cell fibers that conduct impulses to the cell body; the receptors receive the stimuli  
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Axon   nerve cell fiber that conducts impulses away from the cell body  
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Myelin   insulation around the axon; insulates and protects; white matter is myelinated; gray matter is non-myelinated  
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Neurilemma   covering that helps peripheral nerves to repair themselves when injured; not present on the brain and spinal cord  
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Types of Neurons   afferent, efferent  
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Afferent   sensory type; conduct impulses to the spinal cord or the brain  
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Efferent   motor type; conduct impulses from the central nervous system to muscles and glands; (think effort)  
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Nerve Impulses   positive or negative charge  
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Ions   on outside of cell (positive outside negative inside)nerve impulse going 2 start when process reverses;action potential  
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Action Potential   sudden electrical change in the membrane of a nerve cell; occurs very quickly and reverses again due to shifts in sodium and potassium; spreads along as a nerve impulse and the myelin speeds this process along  
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Synapse   junction between two neurons where impulses are passed along from cell to cell  
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Neurotransmitter   chemicals that will excite or inhibit a nerve cell; adrenaline, acetylcholine  
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Receptors   special sites that pick up and respond to the neurotransmitter; neurons do not touch, they are separated by a synaptic cleft  
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Reflex Arc   complete pathway through the nervous system from stimulus to response; 5 events- receptor, sensory neuron, central neuron, motor neuron, effector  
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Receptor   functions to detect a stimuli  
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Sensory Neuron   transmits towards the central nervous system  
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Central Neuron   "traffic cop"; carries the impulses to and from the brain  
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Motor Neuron   carries impulses away from the CNS  
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Effector   muscles or glands outside of the CNS that is going to carry out the response  
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Spinal Cord   contains mixed nerves  
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Mixed Nerves   31 pairs of spinal nerves; attach to the spinal cord by two roots  
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Roots   attach 31 pairs of spinal nerves to the spinal cord; there are two which are swellings of gray matter called ganglions  
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Ganglions   swellings of gray matter; collection of nerve cell bodies  
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Ventral Root   has motor fibers- send messages; control  
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