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| made up of the brain and spinal cord; body's main information processing center |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| made up of all nervous tissue outside the CNS; delivers information to the CNS and carries messages from the CNS to other organs through nerves |
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| consists of one or more bundles of neuron fibers surrounded by connective tissue |
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| information about an environmental change |
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| neurons that carry information about stimuli to the CNS |
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| highly specialized cells that receive stimuli |
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| neurons located entirely within the CNS |
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| neurons that carry signals away from the CNS |
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| a rapid, automatic response |
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| fibers that receive signals and carry them toward the neuron's cell body |
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| a fiber that carries electrical impulses away from the cell body and toward other cells |
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| a thick coat of material that insulates the axons of many neurons |
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| the pathway the message takes to allow a reflex to happen |
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