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What is the name of the protective lipid layers that surround the axon?
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Myelin Sheath.
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Myelin Sheath is made up of what kind of cells?
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Schwann Cells.
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What is an axon?
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Neuron impulse pathway.
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What is threshold stimuli?
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Minimum level of stimulus required to start an action potential.
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What is action potential?
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When depolarization is occuring in an axon, leading to an impulse.
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What is a synapse?
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Junction between axon and neuron or effector.
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What does CNS stand for?
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Central Nervous System.
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Sympathetic Nerves do what for our bodies?
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Prepares bodies for situations that involve alertness.
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Parasypathetic Nerves do what for our bodies?
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Calms and relaxes body.
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The brain has how many different lobes?
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Four.
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What is the Occipital Lobe's main job(s)?
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To interpret vision.
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What hemisphere of the brain thinks logically?
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Left hemisphere.
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The Temporal Lobe has what job(s)?
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To interpret audio impuses.
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What is the "master gland?"
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Pituitary Gland.
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What two things in our body secreates hormones?
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Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus.
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