Structure & Function
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| Nerve cell, Neuron | show 🗑
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| cell body | show 🗑
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| show | A thin branching extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses toward the cell body.
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| axon | show 🗑
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| show | Fatty tissue that covers axons.
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| show | Group of fibers at the end of an axon that passes the impulses leaving the neuron to the next neuron.
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| show | Space over which nerve impulses jump from one neuron to another.
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| neurotransmitters | show 🗑
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| show | Ability to respond to stimuli.
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| show | Anything that arouses a response.
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| show | Ability to transmit a signal.
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| efferent (motor) neuron | show 🗑
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| show | Neuron that carries information from the sensory receptors to the central nervous system.
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| show | Neuron that carries and processes sensory information.
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| nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Chemical that stimulates cells.
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| noreplnerphrine | show 🗑
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| nerve impulse | show 🗑
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| show | Tissue or organ that receives nerve impulses; part of a target cell with properties compatible with a particular substance (hormone).
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| show | membranous covering of myelin sheath
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| blood brain barrier | show 🗑
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| central nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Body organ responsible for controlling the body’s functions and interactions with outside stimuli.
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| brain stem | show 🗑
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| midbrain | show 🗑
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| show | Part of the brainstem that controls certain respiratory functions.
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| show | Part of the brainstem that regulates heart and lung functions, swallowing, vomiting, coughing, and sneezing.
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| show | One of the four major divisions of the brain; division that coordinates musculoskeletal movement.
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| show | One of the four major divisions of the brain; division involved with emotions, memory, conscious thought, moral behavior, sensory interpretations, and certain bodily movement.
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| cerebral cortex | show 🗑
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| fissure | show 🗑
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| convolutions | show 🗑
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| show | Large masses of gray matter within the cerebrum.
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| show | controls voluntary motor movements, emotions, behaviors
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| parietal lobe | show 🗑
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| show | controls memory, equilibrium, emotion and hearing
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| occipital lobe | show 🗑
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| corpus callosum | show 🗑
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| show | One of the four major structures of the brain; it is the deep portion of the brain and contains the thalamus.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station; gland in the nervous system that releases hormones to aid in regulating pituitary hormones.
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| show | serves as a sensory relay station.
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| cranium | show 🗑
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| cerebral spinal fluid | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Either of the two lower chambers of the heart. 2. Cavity in the brain for cerebrospinal fluid.
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| spinal cord | show 🗑
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| show | Three layers of membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Three layers of membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Middle layer of meninges.
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| show | Area between the dura mater and the pia mater across which the arachnoid runs.
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| pia mater | show 🗑
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| epidural space | show 🗑
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| show | sense of smell
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| show | sense of vision
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| oculomotor (motor) | show 🗑
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| trochlear (motor) | show 🗑
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| trigeminal (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| show | muscle conditioning
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| facial (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| vestibulocochlear (sensory) | show 🗑
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| glossopharyngeal (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| vagus (sensory and motor) | show 🗑
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| accessory (cranial and spinal- motor) | show 🗑
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| show | muscles that move the tongue
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| cervical (neck) | show 🗑
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| brachial (lower neck, axila) | show 🗑
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| show | abdominal skin and muscles
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| show | muscles off the butt, thighs, feet, legs and voluntary sphincters
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| coccygeal (coccyx and surrounding area) | show 🗑
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| cervical nerves | show 🗑
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| thoracic nerves | show 🗑
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| Lumbar nerves (cauda equina) | show 🗑
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| show | S1-S5
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| show | Co
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| show | Part of the autonomic nervous system that operates when the body is in a normal state.
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| sympathetic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Any of 12 pairs of nerves that carry impulses to and from the brain.
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| show | Any of 31 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord and the torso and extremities.
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| show | Part of the peripheral nervous system that receives and processes sensory input from various parts of the body.
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| show | Part of the peripheral nervous system that carries impulses from the central nervous system to glands, smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and various membranes.
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