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11234865793Nervous SystemThe body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems.0
11234865794Central Nervous SystemThe brain and spinal cord.1
11234865795Peripheral Nervous SystemThe sensory and motor neurons that connect the central to the rest of the body.2
11234865796NervesBundled axons that form neural "cables" connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and organs.3
11234865797Sensory Afferent NeuronsNeurons that carry INCOMING information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord.4
11234865798Motor Efferent NeuronsNeurons that carry OUTGOING information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands.5
11234865799InterneuronsNeurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.6
11234865800Somatic Nervous SystemThe division of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system.7
11234865801Autonomic Nervous SystemThe part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the self regulated action of internal organs and glands8
11234865802Sympathetic(autonomic) arousing9
11234865803Parasympathetic Nervous System(Division of the autonomic nervous) calming10
11234865804ReflexSimple, automatic response to sensory stimulus such as the knee-jerk response.11
11234865805Endocrine SystemBody's slow chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.12
11234865806HormonesChemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands. They travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues.13
11234865807Adrenal GlandsPair of endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys that secrete hormones epinephrine and nor-epinephrine.14
11234865808Pituitary GlandEndocrine gland (most influential). Under the influence of the hypothalamus, it regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.15

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