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Response
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what your body does in reaction to a stimulus such as swatting a fly
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Neurons
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the cells that carry information through your nervous system --- nerve cells. large cell body that contains a nucleus, thread-like extensions called dendrites and an axon.
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Nerve impulse
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message that a neuron carries
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Dendrites
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they carry impulses toward the neuron cell body
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Axon
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they carry impulses away from the neuron cell body
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Sensory neurons
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picks up stimuli from the internal or external environment and converts each stimulus into a nerve impulse
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