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| Central Nervous System (CNS) |
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| Peripheral Nervous system (PNS) |
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| All neural structures outside the brain and spinal cord |
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| Association neuron (interneuron) |
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| Multipolar neurons located entirely in the CNS |
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| Sensory neuron (afferent neuron) |
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| Neuron that transmits impulses from a sensory receptor into the CNS |
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| Motor neuron (efferent neuron) |
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| Neuron that transmits impulses from the CNS to an effector muscle |
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| bringing to or leading toward an organ or part |
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| conveying or conducting away from an organ or part |
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| Neuron that stimulates contraction of skeletal muscles (voluntary muscles) |
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| Neuron that stimulates (or inhibits) contraction of involuntary muscles (smooth muscles + cardiac muscle) |
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| Cable-like collection of many axons in the PNS |
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| Grouping of nerve axons that interconnect regions of the CNS |
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an interlacing network of nerves serving a particular anatomical area (brachial plexus, for example)
a structure in the form of interlaced parts, especially of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatics |
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| Grouping of neuron cell bodies located outside the CNS |
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| Grouping of neuron cell bodies within the CNS |
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| A ridge on the surface cerebral cortex. |
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| A groove in the surface cerebral cortex. |
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