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| Receive Stimulation from receptors that detect internal and external changes. |
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| Includes a cell body dendrites, and an axon.(Functional Unit). |
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| Sodium ions move in depolarizing the membrane. |
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| Diffuse outward, repolarizing the membrane. |
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| All the impulses conducted on an axon are of the same strength. conduct impulses more rapidly. |
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| Is facilitated when it receives subthreshold stimuli and becomes more excitable. |
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| Are automatic, subconscious responses to changes. |
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| Surround the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Has thirty-one segements that gives rise to a pair of spinal nerves. (31 pairs of spinal nerves originate from the spinal cord). |
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| Consists of 2 cerbral hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum. |
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| Usually dominates for certain intellectual functions. |
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| In the wall of the ventricles secrete cerebrospinal fluid. |
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| Contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, which maintains homeostasis. |
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| Produces emotins and modifies behavior. |
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| Consists of the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. |
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| Filters incoming sensory impulses, wakefulness when significant impulses arrive. |
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| Coordination of skeletal muscel movement and the maintenance of equilibrium. |
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| The Autonomic Nervous System |
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| Functions woithout concious effort. It regulates the visceral activities that maintain homeostasis. |
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| Responds to stressful and emergency conditions. |
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