Nervous System
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| what is a Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells? | Acetylcholine
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| What carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord (sensory nerve)? | Afferent nerve
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| What is the middle layer of the three membranes(meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord? | Arachnoid Membrane
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| Type of glial (neuroglial) cell that transports water and salts from capillaries? | Astrocyte
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| Nerves that control involuntary body functions of muscles, glands, and internal organs. | Autonomic Nervous System
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| Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell. | Axon
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| Blood vessels (capillaries) that selectively let certain substances enter the brain tissue and keep other substances. | Blood-brain barrier
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| Lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord; includes the pons and medulla oblongata. | Brainstem
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| Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord. | Cauda Equina
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| Part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus | Cell Body
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| Brain and spinal cord. | Central Nervous System (CNS)
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| Posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance. | Cerebellum
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| Outer region of the cerebrum, containing sheets of nerves cells; gray matter of the brain. | Cerebral Cortex
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| Circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord. | Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
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| Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory. | Cerebrum
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| Twelve pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the brain with regard to the head and neck(except the vagus nerve). | Cranial Nerves
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| Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is first part to receive the nervous impulse. | Dendrite
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| Thick, outermost layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord; motor nerve. | Efferent Nerve
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| Glial cell that lines membranes within the brain and spinal cord and helps form cerebrospinal fluid. | Ependymal Cell
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| collection of nerve cell bodies in the peri pheral nervous system. | Ganglion(plural: ganglia)
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| Supportive and connective nerve cell that does not carry nervous impulses. Examples are astrocytes, microglial cells, ependymal cells, and oligodendrocytes. | Glial Cell(Neuroglial cell)
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