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Unit 3 Lesson 7
The Nervous System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| command | control: power |
| consciously | done on purpose: deliberately |
| coordinates | to make different things work together effectively as a whole |
| receptors | organs or nerve endings that receive information from inside and outside the body and send that information to the brain |
| reflex | an action that happens almost instantly, often without the brain sending a message to perform the action |
| cell body | the center of the cell |
| dendrite | a path along which nerves send messges to the brain |
| reflex | reaction |
| flinch | to draw back suddenly, which is an example of a reflex |