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What is the nervous system?
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It controls and coordinates functions throughout the body and responds to internal and external stimuli.
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What are the messages carried by the nervous system called?
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Impulses or electrical signals
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What are the cells that transmit impulses called?
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Neurons
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Sensory Neurons..
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Carry impulses from the sense organs to teh spinal cord and brain.
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Motor Neurons..
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Carry impulses from the brain and the spinal cord to muscles and glands.
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Interneurons..
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Connect sensory and motor neurons and carry impulses between them.
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The largest part of a typical neuron is the?
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Cell body
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