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| Cells in the nervous system that communicate with one another to perform information processing tasks |
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| The junction or region between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another |
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| The diff in electrical charge between the inside and outside of a neuron's cell membrane |
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| An electrical signal that is conducted along an axon to a synapse |
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| Chemicals that transmit information across the synapse to a receiving neuron's dendrites |
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| The time following an action potential during which a new action potential cannot be initiated |
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| Composed of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Connects the central nervous system to the body's organs and muscles |
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| A set of nerves that transmits info in and out of central nervous system |
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| Nerves that carry commands that control organs and glands. |
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| A group of forebrain structures that are involved with motivation, emotion, learning, and memory |
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| The master gland of the body's hormone system. |
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| A region of the cerebral cortex that processe visual information |
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| A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information about touch |
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| A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language |
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| Has specialized areas for movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement |
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| The unit of hereditary transmission |
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| Strands of DNA wound around each other in a double helix formation |
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| A measure of the variability of behavioral traits among individuals that can be accounted for by genetic factors |
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