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Peripheral Nervous System
(PNS) |
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Definition
All neural structures outside
the brain and spinal cord |
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Central Nervous System
(CNS) |
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Association Neuron
(interneuron) |
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| multipolar neuron located entirely in the cns |
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Sensory Neuron
(afferent neuron) |
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| Neuron that transmits impulses from a sensory receptor into the CNS |
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Motor Neuron
(efferent neuron) |
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Definition
| Neuron that transmits impulses from the CNS to an effector muscle |
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bringing to or leading toward an organ or part
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| conveying or conducting away from an organ or part |
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Neuron that stimulates contraction of skeletal muscles
(voluntary muscles) |
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neuron that stimulates (or inhibits) contraction of involuntary muscles
(smooth and cardiac muscle) |
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| cable like collection of many axons in the PNS |
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| grouping of neuron cell bodies within the CNS |
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a ridge on the
surface cerebral cortex |
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a groove in the
surface cerebral cortex |
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| grouping of nerve axons that interconnect regions of the CNS |
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| grouping of neuron cell bodies located outside the CNS |
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| an interlacing network of nerves serving a particular anatomical area |
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