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Apologia Exploring Creation with General Science Module 16

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Neurons   Nerve cells composed of dendrites and axons.  
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Synapse   The point at which a signal from one neuron is passed to another neuron.  
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Neuroglia   Cells that support the neurons and help communicate with one another..  
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Dendrites   Conduct electrical signals towards the cell body.  
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Axons   Conduct electrical signals away from the cell body.  
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Nerves   Bundles of axoms that carry signals to and from the brain.  
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Central nervous system   (CNS) Composed of the brain and the spinal cord. This is part of the nervous system that does most of the information processing.  
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Peripheral nervous system   (PNS) Contains all the neurons involved in receiving information and sending it on to the spinal cord and brain.  
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Cerebrum   Deals with the "higher-level" brain functions. These would include interpreting signals, learning, reasoning, and memory.  
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Gray matter   Composed almost exclusively of the cell bodies of neurons.  
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Corpus callosum   Allows the two hemispheres of the brain to exchange information.  
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Cerebellum   Has many functions mostly oriented around muscle movements.  
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Brain stem   It controls the more basic functions of the human body, such as breathing, heart rate, and the pressure at which blood is pumped through the body.  
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Autonomic nervous system   The system of nerves which carries instructions from the CNS to the body's smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands.  
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Sensory nervous system   The system of nerves which carries information from the body's receptors to the CNS.  
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Somatic motor nervous system   The system of nerves which carries instructions from the CNS to the skeletal muscles.  
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Sympathetic division   Part of the autonomic nervous system that increases the rate and strength of the heartbeat and raises the blood pressure.  
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Parasympathetic division   Part of the autonomic nervous system that slows the heart rate and lowers the blood pressure.  
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Papillae   Tiny "bumps" you see on your tongue.  
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Taste buds   Identify sweet, sour, bitter, and salty and umami.  
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Cornea   Covered with a thin layer of clear tissue that is kept moist and clean.  
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Lens   What the eye uses to focus the image.  
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Retina   The part of the eye on which an image after it passes through the other parts of the eye.  
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Ciliary muscle   A smooth muscle that changes the shape of the lens in order of adjust the focus.  
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Ear drum   A thin sheet of tissue that vibrates as the result of vibrations in the ear.  
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Ossicles   Tiny bones in the middle ear that move back and forth as a result of the ear drum vibrating.  
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Cochlea   Snail=like shape that responds to the vibration of the ossicles by transforming it into electrical signal and sending it on to the brain to be interpreted as sound.  
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