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The nervous sytem coordinates the body's functions

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___________ actions involve only skeletal muscles

Voluntary

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Name the fluid which is present in the central space of the brain.

Cerebrospinal fluid

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There are............pairs of spinal nerves

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The central nervous system consists of

brain and spinal cord

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myelin sheath surrounds the

axon

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What is another name for the cell body?

soma

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What are the three groups that neurons can be put into?

Sensory neurons, Motor neurons, and Interneurons

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What is the function of Sensory Neurons?

carry information from the senses to the brain

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What is the function of motor neurons?

carry information from the brain to muscles or glands

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What are stimuli?

any changes in the environment that are detected by an organism

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what are receptors?

cells that detect stimuli and send information to the nervous system

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What is the function of interneurons?

carry information between motor and sensory neurons

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What are reflexes?

automatic, involuntary actions that the body does in response to stimuli

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What is homeostasis?

the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment when it detects changes in the external environment

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What 2 systems is the nervous system divided into?

central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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what are effectors?

muscles and glands that receive the response and react to the stimuli

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