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Nervous System - ✔✔A network of billions of cells in the brain and the body, responsible for
all aspects of what we feel, think and do



Central Nervous System - ✔✔Part of nervous system that consists of the brain and the
spinal cord



Peripheral Nervous System - ✔✔The part of the nervous system that enables nerves to
connect the central nervous system with the muscles, organs and glands



Neurons - ✔✔Basic unit of nervous system; cells that receive, integrate, and transmit
information in the nervous system. Neurons operate through electrical impulses, communicate w/
other neurons through chemical signals & form neural networks



Dendrites - ✔✔Branchlike extensions of neuron with receptors that detect information
from other neurons

, Cell Body - ✔✔Part of neuron where information from thousands of other neurons is
collected and integrated



Axon - ✔✔A long, narrow outgrowth of a neuron that enables the neuron to transmit
information to other neurons



Synapse - ✔✔The site where communication occurs between neurons through neurotransmitters




Action Potential - ✔✔The neural impulse that travels along the axon and then causes the
release of neurotransmitters into the synapse



Neurotransmitters - ✔✔Chemical substances that carry signals from one neuron to another




Cerebellum - ✔✔Motor learning, coordination, balance




Thalamus - ✔✔Sensory info (except smell)




Hypothalamus - ✔✔Regulation of body functions (e.g temperature) and motivation (e.g
hunger, thirst)



Hippocampus - ✔✔Subcortial forebrain structure that is associated w/ the formation of memories

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