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1. detect the relevant information
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| Peripheral Nervous System: the devision of the nervous system detects environmental information, transmits that information to the CNS, and executes CNS decisions. |
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| the division of the PNS containing sensory receptors that detext environmental stinuli and motor nerves that activate skeletal muscles. |
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| The dicision of the PNS containing the nerves that regulate the functionin of internal organs. |
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| the division of the nervous system that recognizes and analyzes the significance of snsory information, decides how to respond to that information, and sends the message to execute that response to the PNS. |
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| the division of the CNS located within the vertebrate spinal column which recieves sensory messages from the body below the head and sends motor commands to the PNS. Most sensory messages are sent tot he brain and most motor commands originate in the brain. |
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| the division of the CNS within the vertabrate skull, which interprets sensory messages and determines the appropriate behavioral response. |
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| a section of a structure produced by a plane that cuts the structure into left and right parts. |
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| a section of a structure as viewed from the front |
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| the part of a cell containing chromosomes, genes, and DNA |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid: an organism's genetic material, controls the production of RNA |
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| ribonucleic acid: a substance that controls the manufacture of proteins, which regulate cell functioning |
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| the jellylike semiliquid substance inside a cell and the intracellular structures it contains; all cell contents other than the nucleus and cell membrane. |
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| the structure that surrounds a cell and controls the flow of substances into and out of the cell |
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| a thing, widely branching projection from the cell body of a neuron that receives neural impulses |
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| Soma: the body of a neuron from which the dendraites and axon project |
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| a long, relatively thick fiber that transmits neural impulses away from the neural cell body |
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| the area between the cell body and axon of a neuron where neural impulses are generated |
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| a branch at the end of an axon |
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| a collection of axons outside the CNS, within the PNS |
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| a collection of axons within the CNS, outside the PNS |
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| A collection of neuronal cell bodies outside the CNS |
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| a collection of neuronal cell bodies within the CNS |
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| a swelling at the end of an axon |
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