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What is the nervous system made up of? |
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| What is the job of the nerves? |
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to carry information TO the spinal cord and brain to carry information FROM the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
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What is the control center of your body? |
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| What protects your brain? |
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| Tell 2 facts about your spinal cord. |
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made up of many nerves that go down your back protected by the backbone
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What makes up your CENTRAL nervous system? |
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| How many pairs of nerves branch out from your spinal cord? |
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| What is another name for a nerve cell? |
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| What is the main job of neurons? |
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| What are the parts of a neuron? |
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Describe how messages move along a neuron. |
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dendrite carries message TO cell body axon carries message AWAY FROM cell body
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| What is in the cell body? |
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part of a neuron that carries messages TO the cell body |
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part of a neuron that carries messages AWAY FROM the cell body |
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| a gap between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another. |
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| How does the message get across the gap (synapse) between neurons? |
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| Chemicals given off by the axon carry the message across the synapse to the dendrites of the next neuron. |
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