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| The communication network within the body |
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| The ability of the nervous system to sense changes in either the internal or external environment |
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| The ability of the nervous system to analyze and interpret sensory information to allow for proper decision making which produces the appropriate response |
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| The neuromuscular response to the sensory information |
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| The functional unit of the nervous system |
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| Sensory (afferent) Neurons |
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| Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to the brain or spinal cord |
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| Transmit nerve impulses from one neuron to another |
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| Transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to efferent sites |
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| Composed of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Cranial and spinal nerves that spread throughout the body |
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| Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues |
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| Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and rate of that change |
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| Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscle and the rate of that change |
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| Receptors that respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of the joint |
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| Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column |
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| Portion of the skeletal system that includes the upper and lower extremities |
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| Flattened or indented portion of bone, which can be a muscle attachment sign |
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| Projection protruding from the bone where muscles, tendons, and ligaments can attach |
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| Joints that are held together by a joint capsule and ligaments and are most associated with movement in the body |
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| Joints that do not have a joint cavity, connective tissue, or cartilage |
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| Primary connective tissue that connects bones together and provides stability, input to the nervous system, guidance, and limitation of improper joint movement |
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| The functional unit of muscle that produces muscular contraction and consists of repeating sections of actin and myosin |
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| The contraction of a muscle generated by a neural stimulation |
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| A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates |
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| Chemical messengers that cross synapses to transmit electrical impulses from the nerve to the muscle |
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