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axon
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elongate extension of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body and toward the synaptic terminals.
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dendrite
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any of the nerve cell processes that conduct impulses toward the cell body
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hypothalamus
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a ventral part of the forebrain beneath the thalamus; autonomic nervous system.
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medulla
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the inner portion of an organ in contrast to the cortex or outer portion; hindbrain
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myelin
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a fatty material forming the medullary sheath of nerve fibers
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neuroglia
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tissue supporting and filling the spaces between the nerve cells of the central nervous system
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neuron
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a nerve cell
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parasympathetic
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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.
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synapse
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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.
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