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Ch 10- Vocab pt.3
The Language of Medicine- 8th Edition
Question | Answer |
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sensory nerves | carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from a receptor |
spinal nerves | thirty-one pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord |
stimulus | agent of change in the internal or external environment that evokes a response |
stroma | connective and supportive tissue or an organ |
sulcus | depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex |
sympathetic nerves | autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in times of stress |
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 |
thalamus | main relay center of the brain. it conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum |
vagus nerve | tenth cranial nerve |
ventricles of the brain | canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid |