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-long tube-like structure that carries the neural message to other cells.
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- the part of a neuron that transmits information to other neurons, muscles, or gland. |
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-branch-like structures that receive messages from other neurons.
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-the part of a neuron that receive information from other neuron and relays it to the cell body. |
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| the part of a neuron that coordinates information-proccess tasks and keeps the cell alive. |
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fatty substances produced by certain glial cells that coat the axons of neurons to insulate, protect, and speed up the neural impulse.
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process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic reuptake
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-the basic cell that makes up the nervous system and which receives and sends messages within that system.
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-Cells in the nervous system that communicate with one another to perform information-process task. |
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| support cells found in the nervous system |
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| The junction or region (space) between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another. |
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| Neuron that receive information from the external world and convey this information to the brain via the spinal cord. |
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| Neurons that carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to produce movement . |
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| neuron that connect sensory neuron, motor neuron, or other interneuron. |
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| knoblike stuctures that branch out from axon |
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| chemicals that transmit information across the synapse to receiving neuron's dendrites. |
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| parts of the cell membrane that receive the neurotransmitter and initiate or prevent a new electric signal. |
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| Two Branch of Nervous System are |
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| Central NS and Peripheral NS |
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| an interacting network of neurons that conveys electrochemical information throughout the body. |
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| The part of the nervous system that is composed of the brain and spinal cord. |
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| The part of the nervous system that connects the central nervous system to the body's organ and muscles. |
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| A set of nerves that conveys information into and out of the central system. |
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| A set of nerves that carries involuntary and automatic command that control blood vessels, body organs, and glands. |
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| A set of nerves that prepares the body for action in threatening situations. |
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| A set of nerves that help the body return to a normal resting states. |
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| simple pathways in the nervous system that rapidly generate muscle contraction. |
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| Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain. |
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| is the highest level of the brain and is critical for complex cognitive, emotion, sensory, and motor functions. |
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| the outermost layer of the brain, visible to the naked eye and divided into two hemisphere. |
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| Areas of the forebrain housed under the cerebral cortex near the very center of the brain. |
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| A group of brain of forebrain structure including the hypothalamus, the amygdala, and the hippocampus, which are involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory. |
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1)occipital-vision
2)parietal-touch
3)temporal- hearing/language
4)frontal-movement & thinking (higher function) |
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| is important for orientation and movement which include structures such as tectum and tegmentum. |
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-A part of the midbrain that orients an organism in the environment.
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-BE AWARE |
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A part of the midbrain that is involved in movement and arousal.
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Make us aware |
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| is an area that coordinates information coming into and out of the spinal cord. |
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| an extension of the spinal into the skull that coordinates heart rates, circulation, and respiration. |
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| A large structure of the hindbrain that control fine motor movement. |
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| a brain structure that relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain. |
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| A brain structure that regulates sleep, wakefulness and level of arousal. |
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| Drug that increase the action of a neurotransmitter. |
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| Drug that block the function of neurotransmitter. |
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| A transmitter involved in a number of functions, including voluntary motor control. |
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| a neurotransmitter that regulates motor behavior, motivation, pleasure and emotional arousal. |
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| A major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in information throughout the brain. |
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| GABA (gama-aminobutyric acid) |
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| primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. |
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| A neurotransmitter that influences mood and arrousal |
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| A neurotransmitter that is involved in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness, eating, and aggressive behavior. |
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| chemicals that act within the pain pathways and emotion center of the brain. |
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