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LS CH21 Section 1 Nervous System

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nervoussystem
The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
neuron
A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
central
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be
peripheral
Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
axon
Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
receptor
A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent
nerve
Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
brain
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
cerebellum
A major division of the vertebrate brain
cerebrum
Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
medulla
Lower or hindmost part of the brain
reflex
An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
cell
Tiniest unit of living things
information
A message received and understood
message
A communication that is written or spoken or signaled
thinking
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully
hemisphere
Half of the terrestrial globe
muscle
One of the contractile organs of the body
pain
Emotional distress
vision
The perceptual experience of seeing
breathing
The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation
heartrate
The ___ at which the ___ beats
movement
A change of position that does not entail a change of location
taste
The sensation that results when ___ buds in the tongue and throat convey information about

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