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15 Cards in this Set
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What does CNS mean
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Central Nervous System
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What does PNS mean
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Peripheral Nervous System
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How many cranial nerves in the PNS
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12 pairs
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How many spinal nerves in the PNS
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31 pairs
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What is the ANS
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autonomic nervous system
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What is the function of the ANS
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carries impulses away from the CNS
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What nerves are included in the PNS
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cranial, spinal and autonomic
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What nerves are part of ANS
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parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves
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The ANS is part of what system
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PNS
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What is an individual nerve cell
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neuron
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Stimulus begins an impulse in the fibers of the neurons called
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dendrites
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What is the space where the nervous impulse jumps from one neuron to another
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synapse
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What is a neurotransmitter
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The transfer of the impulse on the release of a chemical substance
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What is the function of the glial cells
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supportive cells of the CNS
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What is the function of the cerebrum
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thinking, personality, sensations, movements and memory
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