12 terms

Terms	Definitions
Central Nervous System	The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Peripheral Nervous System	The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
Autonomic Nervous System	This nervous system provides involuntary control over smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.
Somatic Nervous System	The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system.
Synapse	The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle.
Dendrites	The bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body.
Cell Body	Contains the nucleus, where most of the molecules the neuron needs to survive and function is manufactured.
Axons	Long, thin fibers that transmit signals away from the neuron cell body to other neurons or to muscles and glands.
Brain	That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers.
Spinal Cord	A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain.
Sense Organs	Taste - buds in tongue, touch receptors in dermis, hearing - ear, eye - sight - part of peripharal nervous system.
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