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11 Cards in this Set
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Stimulus |
Any change or signal in the envoirment that can make an organism react in some way |
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Response |
An action or change in behavior that occurs in a result of stimulus |
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Neuron |
A cell that carries information through the nervous system |
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Nerve Impulse |
The message carried by a neuron |
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Dendrite |
A thread like extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses towards the cell body |
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Axon |
A thread like extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body |
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Nerve |
A bundle of nerve fibers |
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Sensory Neuron |
A neuron that picks up stimule from the internal or external envoirment and converts each stimulus into a nerve impulse |
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Interneuron |
A neuron that carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another neuron |
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Motor Neuron |
A neuron that sends an impulses to a muscle or a gland causing the muscle or gland to react |
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Synapse |
The junction when one neuron can transfer an impulses to the next structure |
