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| Automatic (no brain) muscle response; involves SENSORY, INTERNEURON |
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| Neuron fiber carrying impluse AWAY from nerve cell body (action potential) |
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| Measured by RATE of incoming action potentials |
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Fatty insulating sheath surrounding axons of motor neurons (faster impulse) |
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| PNS division involved with voluntary control of the skeletal muscles |
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| Junction between two neurons or between neuron & effector (muscle) |
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| Main neurotransmitter at most of our synapses |
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| This nerve fiber carries impulses TOWARD the CNS |
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Autocyclic, sequential depolarization along axon |
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| Division that includes the BRAIN & SPINAL cord |
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Autonomic division; activates "FEAR-FLIGHT" response |
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| Neuron extensions that receive signals & carry impulses TOWARD cell body |
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| Located in CNS; these interpret information and plan response |
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| Nerve cell and basic UNIT of the nervous system; carries impulses |
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| Autonomic division; activates DIGESTION and RELAXATION |
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| This nerve fiber carries impulses AWAY from CNS to effector cells |
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| Just below the cerebrum; center for coordination of body movement |
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| PNS division; involuntary control of cardiac, smooth muscles, glands |
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| Master control center of ENDOCRINE system (hunger, thirst, emotion, temp) |
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| Largest BRAIN region; two hemispheres (thought, sensation, motor control) |
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| Brain's RELAY station (gray matter) between incoming signals & CORTEX |
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| This BRAIN region includes MIDBRAIN, PONS, MEDULLA (breathing, HR) |
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Uncontrolled dependence upon a drug |
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| These receptors allow us to see in color |
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| Transparent region of SCLERA; helps to bend light |
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| Inner layer of eye; location of photoreceptors |
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| More drug is needed to produce the same effect |
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