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| Consists of the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| Consists of the nerves of the body. |
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| Nerve cell specially constructed to carry out its function. |
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| Paths along which nerve impulses travel. |
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| Covering speeds up nerve impulses as it travels along the axon. |
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| The type of cells that insulate, support, and protect the neurons. |
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| Carry messages or impulses toward the spinal cord and brain. |
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| Carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands. |
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| A process that creates electric charges. |
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| Where the messages go from one cell to the next cell. |
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| The space between an axon of one cell and the dendrite of another. |
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| The outer brain covering. |
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| Covers the brain surface itself. |
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| A substance that forms the four ventricles from the blood vessesls of the choroid plexuses. |
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| Used to remove cerebrospinal fluid. |
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| The largest part of the brain. |
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| forms the anterior portion of each hemisphere. |
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| Located behind the frontal lobe. |
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| A seizure disorder of the brain. |
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| An inflammation of the brain. |
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| A condition that involves an increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain. |
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