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Definition
neuron   a nerve cell  
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brain   specialized group of nerve cells that controls and coordinates activities of the nervous system  
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CNS   portion of nervous system that consists of brain and spinal cord  
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PNS   subdivision of nervous system that contains nerves that bring information to CNS  
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autonomic nerves   control heart rate, breathing, salivary production, etc  
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nerve impulse   message that travels from dendrites of a neuron through the axon  
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axon   nerve fiber that conducts message away from cell body  
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schwann cell   cells that from myelin  
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node of ranvier   gap in myelin that increases speed of impulse  
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synapse   space between 2 neurons through which neurotransmitter traves  
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afferent nerve   receives information from the environment  
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efferent nerve   transmits to muscles or glands that will respond to impulses  
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stimulus   something that causes a response  
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cell body   contains cytoplasm and nucleus  
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myelin   fat layer that surrounds and insulates axons  
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