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19 Cards in this Set
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Afferrent |
Sensory neurons that carry information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system. |
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Autonomic Nervous System |
Involuntary nerves |
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Cerebrospinal Fluid |
Fluid in the brain |
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Congenital |
Present at birth |
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Conductivity |
The ability to transmit a signal |
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Efferent |
Motor neurons |
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Equilibrium |
Balance |
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Excitability |
The ability to respond to a stimulus |
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Homeostasis |
The parasympathetic division operates to keep the body in this |
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Interneurons |
Connecting nerves that carry messages from afferent nerves to efferent nerves |
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Ischemia |
Insufficient blood to a body part caused by a functional constriction or abstruction of a blood vessel |
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Meninges |
Three membranes that surround and protect the brain and the spinal cord |
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Neurotransmitter |
Chemical messenger released from axon of one neuron that travels to another nearby neuron |
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Paralysis |
A loss of movement and sensation in a part of a body |
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Reflex |
Involuntary action in response to a stimulus |
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Somatic Nervous System |
Voluntary nerves |
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Somatic Nervous System |
Voluntary nerves |
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Stimulus |
Any substance or action that can produce a response |
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Synapse |
Space between two neurons |
