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19 Cards in this Set
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microscpic fiber leading from teh cell body that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell
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axon
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large, interlacing network of nerves
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plexua
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three protective membranes surroudnigns the brain and spinal cord
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meninges
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microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse
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dendrite
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out region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray matter
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cerebral cortex
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glial cell tha transports water and salts between capillaries and nerve cells
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astrocyte
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glial cell that produces myelin
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oligodendroglial cell
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a nerve cell tha ttransmits a nervous impulse
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neuron
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collection of spinal nerves below the ned of the spinal cord at the level of the second lumbar certebra
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cauda equina
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protective fatty tissue that surrounds the axon of a nerve cell
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myelin sheath
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innermost meningeal membrane
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pia mater
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carry messages away from (efferent) the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
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motor nerves
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carry messages twoards (afferent) the brain and psinal cord from receptors
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sensory nerves
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grooves in the cerebral cortex
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sulci
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contains cerebrospinal fluid
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subarachnoid space
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elevations in the cerebrospinal fluid
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gyri
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acetycholine is an example of this chemical that is released ate end of nerve cell adn stimulates or inhibits another cell
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neurotransmitter
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essential cell of the nervous system; a neruon
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parenchymal cell
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connective and supportive (stromal) tissue
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glia (neuroglia)
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