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8 Cards in this Set
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The Central Nervous System (CNS) consist of?
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Brain and SPC
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The PNS Consist of?
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Cranial and spinal Nerves
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The functional Units of the neurons are?
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Responsive
Conductivity Secretory Postmitotic |
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Define Responsive ?
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through their dendrites, they receive information and send them to the cell body or axon
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Define Conductivity?
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they can conduct impulses through the length of their axons.
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Define Secretory ?
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They secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters.
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Define Neuotransmitters ?
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chemical messengers that are secreted from the pre-synaptic knob to the post-synaptic knob- from one cell to the other.
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Define Postmiotic
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there is limited repair possible. They do not reproduce. (Some peripheral nerves are capable of repairing themselves.
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