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Jenny Vu-Nightingale

SCI221-Human Physiology-Study Stack set 2

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Axons Carry Messages away from the cell body; only one axon per cell
Dendrites Carry messages to the cell body
CNS-Central Nervous System Contain Brain and spinal cord
PNS-Peripheral Nervous System 12 pairs of cranial nerves; 31 pairs of spinal nerves
ANS-Autonomic Nervous System Peripheral nerves and ganglia
Synapse where the messages go from one cell to the next cell
Acetycholine Nerotransmitters between muscle cells and the nervous system cells.
Target cells Peripheral cells that respond to a hormone
Neurohypothesis the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Adenohypothesis the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Gonadotropin Hormones that regulate the male and female reproductive organs
ismis the two lobes of the thyroid gland
suparenal the gland sits along the superior border of the kidney
Cortex the outer layer of the adrenal gland
medulla the inner layer of the adrenal gland
corticosteroid the adrenal cortex produces steroid hormones
Antagonists two hormones that have opposing effects
Synergists two hormones that have additive effects
epinephrine the hormone that dominates the alarm phase of the stress
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