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Medical Terminology lab,
Nurvous system
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Undergraduate 1
05/09/2017

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neurons (nerve cells
Definition
nervous system act as specialized conductors of impulses that enable the body to interact with it's internal and external environments.
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neuroglia
Definition
acts of supporting tissue.
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central nervous system
Definition
receives impulses from throughout the body
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brain
Definition
governs sensory perception, emotions, consciousness, memory and voluntary movements.
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spinal cord
Definition
conducts sensory impulses to the brain and motor impulses from the brain to the body parts.
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peripheral nervous system
Definition
links the central nervous system with other parts of the body.
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autonomic nervous system ( sympathetic division and parasympathetic devision)
Definition
controls involuntary body functions such as sweating.
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nerve fibers
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is a single elongated process, the axon of a neuron,
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the peripheral nervous system
Definition
are wrapped by protective membranes call sheaths
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PNS
Definition
peripheral nervous system.
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CNS
Definition
central nervous system.
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