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| Number of chromosomes in the human body |
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| One's genetic makeup sequencing A, C, G, and T |
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| One's actual development and appearance based on genotype and environmental influence |
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| The two parts of the Central Nervous System |
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| The nerves that make the outer body work |
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| Controls the internal organs |
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| The two parts of the Autonomic Nervous System |
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| Sympathetic and parasympathetic |
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| Sympathetic nervous system |
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| Controls emotional responses that spend the body's reserve energy |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| Replenishes reserved energy |
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| Building blocks of the nervous system. Transmit neural impulses and messages to other neurons and glands and vice versa |
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| Sensory, motor, and inter-neurons |
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| Carry messages from sense receptors toward the central nervous system |
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| Carry messages away from the central nervous system toward the muscles and glands |
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| Relay messages from one set of neurons to another |
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| Branched fibers that extend outward from the main cell body and carry information into neuron |
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| Part of a cell containing the nucleus |
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| Conducts information from the cell body to the axon terminals in the form of an electrical charge |
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| Fatty insulation coating some types of neural axons, which speeds conduction of neural impulses |
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| Juction between the axon terminals of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another neuron |
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| A major inhibitory neurotransmitter |
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| Regulates growth; controls the thyroid, ovaries or testes, pancreas, and adrenal cortex; regulates water and salt metabolism. |
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| Controls levels of insulin and glucagon; regulates sugar metabolism. |
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| Controls the metabolic rate. |
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| Controls the pituitary gland. |
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| Regulates carbohydrates and salt metabolism. |
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| Prepares the body for action. |
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| Left hemisphere of the brain |
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| Controls right side of body; language functions |
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| Right hemishpere of the brain |
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| Controls left side of the body; processes music, interprets emotion, visual and spacial relationships |
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