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Nerves

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Responsible for coordinating all the activities performed inside and outside the body   nervous system  
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Study of the structure, function, and pathology of the nervous system   neurology  
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Consists of brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, and cranial nerves; controls consciousness, mental activities, voluntary functions of the five senses, and voluntary muscles   central nervous system (cerebral spinal)  
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System of nerves that connect the outer parts of the body to the central nervous system; carries impulses to and from the central nervous system   peripheral nervous system  
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The part of the nervous system that controls the involuntary muscles; regulates actions of involuntary muscles, glands, blood vessels, and heart   autonomic nervous system  
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The primary structural unit of the nervous system, comprised of the cell body and nucleus   neuron  
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Tree-like branchings of nerve fibers extending from nerve cell that receive impulses from other neurons   dendrites  
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Send impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, glands, or muscles   axon  
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Carry impulses or messages from the sense organs to the brain   sensory nerves  
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Carry impulses from the brain to the muscles   motor nerves  
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Automatic nerve reaction to a stimulus   reflex  
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