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24 Cards in this Set
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afferent
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carrying to or toward center
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autonomic nervous sytem
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division of nervous system that functions involunary
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CNS
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the brain and spinal cord
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cerebrospinal fluid
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fluid produced by choroid plexus
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cranial nerves
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12 pairs of nerves that arises from brain
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depolarization
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loss of state of polarity
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efferent
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carry away or away from
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gray matter
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the grey area
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menings
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membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
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motor neuron
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all the muscles cell it supplies
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myelin
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white fatty lipid acid
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neurologia
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non neural tissue of CNS that performs supportive and other functions
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neuron
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cells of nervous sytem specialized to ransmit messages
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nodes of ranvier
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caps in the myelin sheath
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parasympathetic NS
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ALLOWS US TO UNWIND AND CONSERVE ENERGY
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peripheral nervous system
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system of nerves that connects the outlying parts of the body with CNS
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reflex arc
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neutral pathway for reflexes
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repolarization
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restoration of membrane potential to initial resting
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sensory neuron
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intiator of nerve impulses following receptor stimulation
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somatic NS
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division of the peripheral NS
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sympathetic NS
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mobolizes the body during extreme situations
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synapse
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region communication between neurons
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ventricles
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discharging chambers of heart
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white matter
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white substance of CNS
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