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Nervous System Class: BIO 1303 - HNRS BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS; Subject: Biology; University: Arkansas State University; Term: Spring 2010;
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Brain and Spinal Cord TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 all other nervous tissues (i.e. cranial & spinal nerves) TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Spinal Cord TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 The aggregate of fibers that the spinal cord splits into at the conus medullaris TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 The POINT at which the spinal cord splits into the cauda equina
Neuron TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 carries impulses away from the cell body TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Carry the nerve impulse to the cell body TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 glial cells that wrap around the axon of the neuron and secretes the myelin sheath. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 a lipid coating that acts as an electrical insulator that speeds up nerve impulse transmission. Secreted by the Schwann Cell of the neuron
The gap between two myelin sheaths TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 an enzyme that breaks down Acetylcholine (Ach) TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 an enzyme released immediately into the synaptic cleft which is present in the neuromuscular junction TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 Acetylcholine Norepinephrine Dopamine (associated with Parkinson's Disease) Serotonin (associated with sleep) TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 Carries the nerve impulses TO the brain and spinal cord Long dendrites; short axons
Carries nerve impulses AWAY from the brain and spinal cord (i.e. Motor System) Long axons; short dendrites TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 Skeletal Muscle & voluntary control of the body WITH interneuron TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 Smooth Muscle Cardiac Muscle Glands NO interneuron TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Associated with Norepinephrine "Fight or Flight" response TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 "Feed or Breed" response
