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Biology - Anatomy

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What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
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What is the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
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What are the divisions of the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
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What are the divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
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What is the function of the sensory division or afferent pathway?
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What is the function of the motor division or efferent pathway?
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What are the subdivisions of the motor division of the PNS?
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Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls the body's skeletal muscles?
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Which part of the peripheral nervous system controls the glands and muscles of internal organs?
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What composes the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
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What are neurons that carry messages from sense organs to the spinal cord or brain called?
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What type of sensory information does the special sensory pathway send?
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What type of sensory information does the somatic sensory pathway send?
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What type of sensory information does the visceral sensory pathway carry?
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What is the largest part of a typical neuron that contains the nucleus and much of the cytoplasm?
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Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis?
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What are fibers that extend from the cell body of a neuron called?
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What are the structures that convey impulses towards the cell body?
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What are the structures that convey impulses away from the cell body?
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What are the supporting cells of the nervous system called?
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What is another name for neuroglia?
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What are the supporting cells of the CNS?
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Which cells regulate exchanges between neurons and blood capillaries?
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Which cells are the phagocytes that provide protection in the CNS?
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Which cells regulate the exchange of cerebrospinal fluid?
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Which cells form the myelin sheath in the CNS?
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What are the neuroglia of the PNS?
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Which supporting cells of the PNS are responsible for the formation of the myelin sheath?
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Which cells surround neuron cell bodies in the PNS?
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What is the functional connection between a neuron and a second cell called?
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What is the space between nerve cells where chemical transmitters act to move impulses from one neuron to the next?
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What are the chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons?
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What is the fatty tissue layer that segmentally encases the axons of some neurons, enabling faster transmission speed?
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