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        | the brain and spinal cord collectively |  | 
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        | specalized supporting cells in the CNS |  | 
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        | junction or point of close contact between neurons |  | 
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        | a bundle of nerve processes inside the CNS |  | 
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        | neuron serving as part of the conduction pathway between sensory and motor neurons |  | 
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        | peripheral nervous system |  | Definition 
 
        | ganglia and spinal and cranial nerves |  | 
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        | collection of nerve cell bodies found outside the CNS |  | 
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        | neuron that conducts impulses away from the CNS to muscles and glands |  | 
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        | neuron that conducts impulses toward the CNS from the body periphery |  | 
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        | Neuron that conducts impulses toward the CNS from the body periphery |  | 
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