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| Bundles of neuron cell bodies that are found outside the CNS |
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| Collections of neuron cell bodies that are found outsie the CNS |
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| Nerves that originate from the spinal cord |
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| Nerves that originate from the brain |
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| Neurons that transmit action potentioals from the sensory organs to the CNS |
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| Neurons that transmit action potentials from CNS to the effector organs |
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| Somatic Motor Nervous System |
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| PNS neurons that transmit action portentials from the CNS to skeletal muscles |
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| PNS neutons that transmit action potentials from the CNS to smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands |
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| Division of the ANS that generally prepares the body for increased energy expenditure |
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| Division of the ANS that regulates resting and nutrition-related functions such as digestion, defecation, and urination |
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| A neuton that conducts action potentials from one neuton to another neuron within the CNS |
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| The ability to undergo an action potential in response to a stimulus |
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| A measure of the charge difference across the cell membrane |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Neuroglia is the "connective tissue" of the nervous system |
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| Binds together and insulates CNS neurons |
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| Fight infection with phagosytosis |
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| Form the blood-brain barrier. The Astrocytes and specialized cells in the capillaries mediate what can get out of the blood and into the surrounding tissue and vice-versa |
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| Ependymal Cells (2 types) |
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| Ciliated cells move cerebrospinal fluid, while non-ciliated cells secrete cerebrospinal fluid |
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| Afferent (sensory), Efferent (motor), and mixed. |
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