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        | How many pairs of cranial nerves are there? |  | Definition 
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        | a bundle of hundreds to thousands of axons plus connective tissue and blood vessels that lie outside the brain and spinal cord |  | 
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        | 31 pairs emerge from the spinal cord serving specific regions of the body |  | 
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        | small masses of nervous tissue containing the neuron cell body located outside of the brain or spinal cord Ex: dorsal root ganglia |  | 
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        | the dendrites of sensory neurons that monitor changes in the internal or external environment |  | 
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        | muscles and glands that are activated through spinal and cranial nerves. |  | 
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        | peripherial nervous system |  | Definition 
 
        | nervous tissue outside of the cns |  | 
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        | an electrical signal that travels along the surface of the membrane of a neuron due to the movement of ions (sodium and potassium) between interstitial fluid and the inside of a neuron through channels. |  | 
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        | 1. cell body 2. dendrites
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        | contains a nucleus currounded by cytoplasm containing organelles lysosomes, mitochondria, and golgi complex |  | 
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        | the receiving or input portion of a neuron |  | 
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        | propegates nerve impulses toward another neuron, muscle fiber, or gland cell |  | 
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        | where the axon and the cell body join. |  | 
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        | the part of the axon closes to the axon hillock |  | 
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        | the junction of the axon hilllock and the initial segment where nerve impulses arise from |  | 
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        | the site of communication between a neuron and an effector cell |  | 
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        | bulb shapped structures at the axon terminals that contain tiny membran-enclosed sacs |  | 
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        | membrane enclosed sacs in synaptic bulbs |  | 
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        | a chemical that has different effects on postsynaptic cells depending on its type |  | 
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        | contain several dendrites and one axon. CNS nerves are multipolar |  | 
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        | contain one dendrite and one axon. Found in the eye, inner ear, and olfactory area of brain |  | 
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        | contain dendrites and one axon fused together to for a continuous process that emerges from the cell body. emerge from bipolar neurons in the embryo. typically sensory receptors  to detect touch, pressure, pain, or thermal stimuli. |  | 
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        | found in the cerebral cortex of the brain |  | 
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        | Functional classification of neurons |  | Definition 
 
        | referes to direction in which the nerve impulse is conveyed with respect to the CNS. Ex: sensory or afferent neurons |  | 
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