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| peripheral nervous system |
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| all nerves outwith the CNS |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| fibres of the autonomic nervous system that prepare the body systems for action |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| fibres of the autonomic nervous system that prepare the body systems for rest |
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| involuntary muscular movements of food through the digestive system |
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| take impulses from sense organs to CNS |
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| take impulses from CNS to muscles / glands |
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| neural pathway where impulses from several neurons travel to one neuron |
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| neural pathway where impulses from one neuron travel to several neurons |
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| neural pathway involves a loop of impulses allowing for repeated stimulation |
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