Nervous System
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| Neurons | Specialized cells in the nervous system that control behavior, senses, and movement.
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| Glial Cells | Cells that support the function of neurons.
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| Dendrites | Parts of a neuron that receive information from other neurons.
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| Axons | Part of a neuron that sends neurotransmitters to other neurons.
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| Synapse | Components that make up a connection between neurons that includes an axon terminal, postsynaptic terminal, and synaptic cleft.
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| Interneuron | Neuron with the soma and axon found within the same structure.
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| Sensory Neuron | Neuron that conveys sensory information via axons TO the central nervous system.
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| Motor Neuron | Neuron that conveys motor information via axons FROM the centra nervous system.
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| Oligodendrocyte | Glial cell that forms a material called myelin around the axons of neurons.
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| Astrocyte | Glial cell that plays a role in the forming the blood-brain barrier, facilitating neuronal function and responding to injury.
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| Gliosis | Process involving the swelling of glia cells in response to injury.
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| Microglial cell | Glial cell that removes normal cellular waste and serves as an immune cell in the central nervous system.
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| Somatic Nervous System | System responsible for delivering voluntary motor signals from the central nervous system to muscles throughout the body and for conveying sensory information from the body to the central nervous system.
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| Autonomic Nervous System | System that controls involuntary movements for vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, and swallowing.
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| Sympathetic Nervous System | System that prepares the body for rigorous activity by increasing heartbeat, inhibiting digestion, and opening airways, among many other involuntary functions.
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System | Subsystem of the autonomic system that is dominant during relaxed states, including decreases in heartbeat, stimulation of digestion, and the closing of airways.
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| Cerebral cortex | The surface of the brain; comprising gyri and sulci.
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| Medulla | Structure that controls the autonomic nervous system and is situated where the spinal cord meets the hindbrain.
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| Hypothalamus | Structure found in the forebrain that maintains important physiological conditions, in part by motivating an organism's behavior.
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| Limbic System | Series of structures that together appear to form a ring around the thalamus and hypothalamus.
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| Nucleus accumbens | Limbic system structure that facilitates reinforcing effects.
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| Occipital lobe | Region of the cerebral cortex important for processing visual information.
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| Temporal lobe | Region of the cerebral cortex important for processing auditory information and supporting language comprehension and production.
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