Ch 10; Nervous System; Vocabulary
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| arachnoid membrane | show 🗑
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| show | A type of glial (neuroglial) cell; connective, supporting cell of the nervous system.
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell.
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| show | Blood vessels (capillaries) that selectively let certain substances enter the brain tissue and keep other substances out.
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| show | Lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord.
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| pons and medulla oblongata | show 🗑
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| cauda equina | show 🗑
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| show | Part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus.
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| central nervous system (CNS) | show 🗑
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| show | Part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance.
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| show | Outer region of the cerebrum; containing sheets of nerve cells; gray matter of the brain.
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| show | Fluid that circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord.
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| cerebrum | show 🗑
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| dendrite | show 🗑
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| dura mater | show 🗑
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| ependymal cell | show 🗑
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| ganglion (plural; ganglia) | show 🗑
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| glial cells (neuroglia) | show 🗑
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| gyrus (plural; gyri) | show 🗑
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| show | Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus; controls sleep, appetite, body temperature, and secreations from the pituitary gland.
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| medulla oblongata | show 🗑
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| show | Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | One type of glial cell, It is a phagocyte.
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| motor nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Fatty tissue that surrounds, protects, and insulates the axon of a nerve cell. These sheaths are white in color (white matter).
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| show | A nerve cell; carries impulses throughout the body. There are about 10 billion.
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| neurotransmitter | show 🗑
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| show | Glial cell that forms the myelin sheath covering axons.
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| nerve | show 🗑
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| show | Involuntary, autonomic nerves that help regulate body functions like heart rate and respiration.
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| show | Essential, distinguishing cells of an organ. Neurons are the parenchymal tissue of the brain.
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| peripheral nervous system | show 🗑
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| pia mater | show 🗑
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| show | Large, interlacing network of nerves. Examples are lumbar-sacral and brachial (brachi/o means arm) plexuses.
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| show | Part of the brain anterior to the cerebrum and between the medulla and rest of the brain. It is a bridge connecting various parts of the brain.
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| receptor | show 🗑
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| sensory nerves | show 🗑
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| stroma | show 🗑
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| stimulus (plural; stimuli) | show 🗑
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| show | Depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex; fissue.
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| show | Autonomic nerves that influence body functions involuntarily in times of stress.
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| synapse | show 🗑
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| thalamus | show 🗑
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| show | Reservoirs (canals) in the interior of the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid.
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