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| PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| INCLUDES ALL NERVES OUTSIDE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CHORD |
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DIVISION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. CONNECTS THE BRAIN WITH THE PERIPHEAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| CARRIES SENSORY MESSAGES TO BRAIN AND MOTOR COMMANDS TO THE MUSCLE |
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| REGULATES HEART RATE, BREATHING AND OTHER AUTOMATIC FUNCTIONS |
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| PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURNING THE BODY TO A RESTING OR BALANCED STATE |
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| CELLS THAT TRANSMIT INFORMATION |
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| RECIEVES INFORMATION AND PASSES IT TO THE CELL BODY |
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extends from cell body, carries electrical potential, sends a chemical message to adjacent neurons |
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COVERS THE ACTION OF SOME NEURONS AND HELPS SPEED NEURAL IMPULSES |
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| THESE STORE AND THEN RELEASE NEUROTRANSMITTERS |
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| INCREASES THE SPEED OF NEURAL CONDUCTION BY PROVIDING INSULATION OF THE AXONS. |
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| SITE WHERE TWO OR MORE NEURONS INTERACT BUT DON'T TOUCH |
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| CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES THAT ARE STORED IN TERMINAL BUTTONS AND RELEASED INTO THE SYNAPSE BETWEEN TWO NEURONS TO CARRY SIGNALS FROM ONE NEURON TO THE NEXT. |
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| SUBSTANCES PRODUCED BY THE BODY THAT BLOCK PAIN |
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| BLOCKS OR INHIBITS TRANSMISSION OF NEURAL SIGNALS THAT TRANSMIT PAIN SIGNALS |
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| PLAYS A ROLE IN PRODUCING DEPENDENCE (ADDICTION TO) ON DRUGS |
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| PLAYS A ROLE IN WEIGHT REGULATION, SLEEP, DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AGGRESSION, ETC. |
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| DRUGS THAT PROMOTE OR ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF A PARTICULAR NEUROTRANSMITTER |
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| DRUGS THAT OPPOSE THE EFFECTS OF A PARTICULAR NEUROTRANSMITTER |
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| ELECTRICAL CHARGE OF A NEURON WHEN IT IS NOT FIRING |
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REVERSAL IN ELECTRICAL CHARGE OF A NEURON THAT OCCURS WHEN THE NEURON FIRES |
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| INVOLVED IN SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY; INFLUENCES AROUSAL, MOOD, AND REWARD CENTERS |
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| INVOLVED IN MUSCLE MOVEMENT AND MEMORY |
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| SYSTEM OF GLANDS THAT PRODUCE AND SECRETE HORMONES |
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| GLAND AND BRAIN STRUCTURE THAT SENDS SIGNALS TO THE PITUIRITY GLAND AND CONTAINS KEY CENTERS FOR FIGHTING, FLEEING, SEXUAL ACTIVIT, AND HUNGER. |
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| CONTROLS MANY OTHER GLANDS; LOCATED IN THE BRAIN BELOW THE THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS |
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| PRIMITIVE PORTION OF THE BRAIN. |
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| AROUSAL SYSTEM WITHIN THE BRAINSTEM |
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