Nervous System

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master controlling and communicating system of the body

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nervous system

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consists of the brain and spinal cord, acts as the integration and command center

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CNS

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consists mainly of nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord, carries impulses

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PNS

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made up of nerve fibers that convey impulses to the CNS from sensory receptors

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sensory/afferent division

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carries messages from the CNS to muscles and glands

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motor/efferent divison

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dispose of debris

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microglia

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line the brain and spinal cord, circulate fluid

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ependymal

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wrap around nerve fibers, fatty, make myelin sheaths

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oligodendrocytes

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create myelin sheaths in the PNS

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schwann cells

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cushion the PNS

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satellite

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neurons that process incoming impulses

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dendrites

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conduct signals away from neurons

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axon

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connects axon to the cell body

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axon hillock

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contain neurotransmitters

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axon terminal

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carry impulses across synapse

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neurotransmitters

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gap between neurons

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synaptic cleft

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junction of neurons

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synapse

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covers nerve fibers

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myelin

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gaps in schwann cells

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nodes of ranvier

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nuclei

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controls cell