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16 Cards in this Set
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Central Nervous System
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Composed of the Brain and Spinal Cord
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Receives, processes and transfers information
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What are the functions of the CNS
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Composed of nerves outside the CNS
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Sensory Division
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This division of the PNS carries info toward the CNS
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Motor Division
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This division of the PNS carries info away from CNS
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Somatic Division
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This division of the PNS controls the skeletal muscles
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Autonomic Division
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This division of the PNS controls smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands
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Neurons
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What are the communication cells of the Nervous System
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Neurons
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These are specialized cells that are used for communication to generate and conduct electrical impulses
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Cell body, Dendrites, Axon
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What are the three parts of the neuron
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Cell Body
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Main part of a neuron that has the nucleus and most of the cytoplasm and organelles
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Dendrites
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These are small slender extension of the cell body, and they receive incoming information (part of a Neuron)
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Axon
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Long Slender extension, specialized to conduct electrical impulses away from the cell body (part of a Neuron)
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Sensory Neuron
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Type of neuron found in the PNS that receives stimuli and transmits info to the CNS
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Interneurons
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This type of Neuron transmit information between components of the CNS
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Motor Neuron
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Type of neuron found in the PNS that transmit information away from the CNS
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