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| Neurotransmitter chemical released at the end of nerves cells. |
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| Carries messages TOWARD the brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| Middle layer of three membrane that surround the brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| Glial cell that transports water salts from capillaries. |
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| Nerves that control involuntary body functions, muscles, glands, and internal organs. |
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| Microscopic fiber that carries the neurons impulse along a nerve cell. |
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| Protective separation between the blood and brain cells that keeps from penetrating capillary walls and entering the brain. |
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| Collection of spinal nerves bellow the end of Spinal Cord. |
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| The part of nerve cell that contains the nucleus. |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) |
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| The Brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| The portion part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintain the balance. |
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| Outer region of the cerebrum; contains sheets of nerves cells: gray matter. |
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| Circulates throughout the brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| The largest part of of the brain responsible for voluntary muscle activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory. |
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| Twelve (20) pairs: Carry messages to and from the brain with regard to the head and neck. (Except the vagus nerve) |
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| Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell; the first part to receive the nervous impulse. |
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| Posterior Portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the Spinal Cord. |
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| The thick, outermost layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| Carries messages AWAY from the brain and Spinal Cord: motor nerve. |
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| Glial cell that lines the membranes within the brain and Spinal Cord; helps form Cerebrospinal fluid. |
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| Collection of nerve bodies in Peripheral Nervous System. (PNS) |
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