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unit 3

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what are membranes made up of?   connective tissue and epithelial  
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dura mater   tough mater; attaches to cranium  
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acrachnoid   spider web like  
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pia mater   nurishes  
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what are the 3 membranes   dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid materthese 3 form the meninges  
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ectoderm   germ layer of nervous tissue that starts the embryo  
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amytotic   this is why the brain and spinal cord need to be protected  
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ans   visceral nervous system  
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visceral   internal, guts or organs  
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skeletal muscles   these muscles are what makes you move your hand away from a hot stove itf you touch it  
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somatic nervous system   skeletal muscle  
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somo   body  
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cephalization   head area  
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contralateral   R side of the body controls the L side and the L side controls the R side  
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How many spinal nerves do we have?   31 and they are all mixed  
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12 pair of cranial nerves   5 motor 3 snesory 4 mixed  
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how big is a neuron compared to a nerve   very small  
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sensory nerves   to cns and they are only dendrites  
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motor nerves   away from CNS and they are only axons  
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Nerve   a bundle of neruon fibers (they have processes like dendrites and axon) theis is present in nervous system  
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where are internerurons found?   in the spinal nerve  
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fact   nerves do not have cell bodies they have processes  
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facial cranial nerves   mixed nerves; they ahve both dendrites and axons  
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Functional Classification of Neurons   Senory (or afferent), MOTOR (or efferent), INTERNEURONS (or association)  
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Senory neruron   transmit impulses from sensory receptors in the skin or internal organs towards cns  
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Motor Neuron   carry impulses away from the CNS to the effector organs ofthe body periphery  
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Interneuron   lie b/t motor and sensory neurons and shuttle signals thru CNS pathways  
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synapse   "to clasp or join" a junction that mediates info transfer from one neuron to the next  
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electrical synapse   less common variety; consist of gap junctions like those found between certain other body cells  
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chemcial synapse   specialized for release and reception of chemical neurotransmiters made up of 2 parts ; a knoblike axon and a neurotransmitter receptor region on the membrane of a dendrite  
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resting and polarized   a membrane that is not conducting and impulse  
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what protects and nurishes neurons?   astrocytes  
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classification of neurons   by structure and function  
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