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axon
elongate extension of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body and toward the synaptic terminals.
dendrite
any of the nerve cell processes that conduct impulses toward the cell body
hypothalamus
a ventral part of the forebrain beneath the thalamus; autonomic nervous system.
medulla
the inner portion of an organ in contrast to the cortex or outer portion; hindbrain
myelin
a fatty material forming the medullary sheath of nerve fibers
neuroglia
tissue supporting and filling the spaces between the nerve cells of the central nervous system
neuron
a nerve cell
parasympathetic
one of the subdivisions of the autonomic nervous systems. whose fibers originate in the brain and in the anterior and posterior parts of the spinal cord.
synapse
the place at which a nerve impulse passes between neuron processes, typically from an axon of one nerve cell to a dendrite of another nerve cell.