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What is the primary function of the nervous system?

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What are the three main steps of the nervous system?

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What is cephalization and how does it relate to the nervous system?

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What constitutes the central nervous system and what is its primary function?

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What is the role of the peripheral nervous system?

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Receptors are found in which nervous system?

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What is the function of receptors in the nervous system?

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What does the peripheral nervous system control?

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What is the function of afferent nerves?

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What is the role of efferent nerves in the nervous system?

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What is the difference between a neuron and a nerve?

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What are ganglia in the peripheral nervous system?

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What is a ganglia in the central nervous system called?

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When a neuron is resting, what are the charged ions on the outside and inside of the cell?

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What moves the nerve signal from positive to negative down the axon?

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The nerve signal is an all or nothing response. What is another name for this?

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What ion flows into the voltage-gated channels when the action potential reaches the axon terminal?

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What happens when Ca2+ enters the axon terminal?

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What triggers the action potential of the postsynaptic neuron?

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The frequency of action potential is equal to what?

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What is summation in the context of neural signals?

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Where does Ca2+ enter on the presynaptic neuron?

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What are the Nodes of Ranvier and their function?

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The spinal cord runs through which part of the vertebrae?

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What is the composition of grey matter in the spinal cord?

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What is the composition of white matter in the spinal cord?

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On which side of the spinal cord does sensory information come in?

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Which side of the spinal cord will the motor information come out of?

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What is a reflex and how does it function?

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What makes up the hindbrain and what is its function?

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What is the primary function of the cerebellum?

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What is the primary function of the brain stem?

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What is the function of the midbrain?

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What is the forebrain and what does it control?

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What is the composition of gray matter in the brain?

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What is the composition of white matter in the brain?

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What is neural plasticity and how does it function?

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What is Hebb's rule in the context of neural connections?

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What does the size of structures in the brain correspond to?

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What are mechanoreceptors (hair cells) and how do they function?

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What is static equilibrium and how is it maintained?

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What is angular acceleration and how is it detected?

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What is the function of simple eyes?

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What is the function of compound eyes?

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