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The Human Body in health and Illness / Nervous System: Nervous tissue and Brain

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Brain and Spinal Cord   Central Nervous System (CNS)  
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Nerves that connect to the CNS with the rest of the body   Peripheral Nervous System  
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Gathers information from inside the body and from the outside environment   Sensory Function  
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Sensory information brought to the CNS is processed or interpreted by   Integrative Function  
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Conveys information from the CNS toward the muscles and glands   Motor Function  
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The nerve glue. most abundant of the nerve cells; located in the CNS. ___ support, protect, insulate, nourish, and generally care for the neurons.   Neurogila / Glial Cells  
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Star shaped cells present in blood brain barrier; also anchor or bind blood vessels to nerves for support act as phagocytes   Astrocytes  
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Line the ventricles as part of the choroid plexus; involved in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid   Ependymal cells  
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Protective role; phagocytosis of pathogens and damaged tissue   Microgila  
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Produce myelin sheath for neurons in the PNS   Schwann cells  
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Produce myelin sheath for neurons in the CNS   Oligodendrocytes  
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Most important in the transmission of information   Neuron  
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Treelike structures that receive information from other neurons that transmit to the cell body   Dendrites  
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Contains the nucleus and is essential for the life of the cell   Cell body  
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A long extension that transmits info away from the cell body   Axon  
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End of the Axon where the chemical neurotransmitters are stored   Axon Terminal  
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White fatty material that protects and insulates the Axon   Myelin  
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The nuclei and cytoplasm of the schwann cell lie outside they myelin sheath   Neurilemma  
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Areas not covered by myelin appear regularly along the Axon   Nodes of Ranvier  
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Carries information from the periphery (the end of the nerve) toward the CNS   Sensory Neuron / Afferent Neurons  
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Carries information from the CNS toward the periphery (the end of the nerve)   Motor Neuron / Efferent Neurons  
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Found only in the CNS; form connections between sensory and motor neurons   interneuron  
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An electrical signal that conveys information along a neuron   Nerve impulse  
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A process of polarization, depolarization and repolarization   Action potential  
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Resting; The inside of the neuron is more negative then the outside   Polarization  
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Stimulated; The inside of the cell changes from negative to positive   Depolarization  
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Resting; The inside of the cell again becomes negative, returns to its resting state   Repolarization  
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"Jumping" from node to node is called   Saltatory conduction  
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Helps information move from one neuron to the next; its a space   Synapse  
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The axon terminal does not physically touch the dendrite this space is called   Synaptic cleft  
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The axon terminal contains thousands of tiny vesicles that store chemical substances called   Neurotransmitters  
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Substances that terminate the activity of the neurotransmitters when they have completed their task   Inactivators  
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Places on the membrane to which the neurotransmitters attach, or bind   Receptors  
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Clusters of cell bodies in the CNS   Nuclei  
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Clusters of cell bodies in the PNS   Ganglia  
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