Chapter 11: Functional Organization of Nervous System

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action potential

action potential frequency

active transport

acute pain receptor

afferent

afferent division

ANS

astrocyte

autonomic nervous system

axoaxonic

axon

axon hillock

bipolar neuron

blood-brain barrier

brain

cell body

central nervous system

cerebrospinal fluid

chemical synapse

choroid plexuses

CNS

concentration

concentration gradient

conduction speed

conscious

convergent pathway

cortex

cranial nerve

cytoskeleton

dendrite

depolarization

diffusion

divergent pathway

dull pain receptor

duration

effector

efferent

efferent division

electrical insulation

electrical stimulus

electrical synapse

endothelium

enteric division

enzyme

ependymal cells

equilibrium

excitation

exocytosis

external stimulus

extracellular fluid

facilitation

feedback

ganglion

graded

gradient

gray matter

homeostasis

hyperpolarization

inhibition

initial segment

innervation

integration

integrator

intercellular junction

internal stimulus

internode

intervertebral foramen

intracellular fluid

involuntary

ionic current

ligand

lipoprotein

local potential

longitudinal

macrophage

magnitude

maximal

mechanical stimulus

membrane potential

mentality

microglia

motor

motor division

motor neuron

multipolar neuron

myelin

myelin sheath

myelinated axons

myelination

nerve

nerve fiber

nervous system

neuroglia

neurolemmocyte

neuromodulator

neuron

neuronal circuit

neuronal pathway

neurotransmitter

node of Ranvier

non-gated channel

nonmyelinated axons

nucleus

oligodendrocyte

oscillating circuit

parasympathetic division

peripheral nervous system

permeability

plexus

PNS

postsynaptic cell

postsynaptic membrane

postsynaptic potential

presynaptc potential

presynaptic cell

presynaptic facilitation

presynaptic inhibition

presynaptic terminal

propagation

receptor

receptor site

relay

resting membrane potential

sacral foramen

saltatory conduction

satellite cell

Schwann cell

selectively permeable

sensory

sensory division

sensory input

sensory neuron

sensory receptor

skull foramen

sodium-potassium exchange pump

somatic motor nervous system

spatial summation

specificity

spinal cord

spinal nerves

submaximal

subthreshold

summation

supramaximal

sympathetic division

synapse

synaptic cleft

temporal summation

thermal stimulus

threshold

tight junctions

tract

trigger zone

Type A fiber

Type B fiber

Type C fiber

unconscious

unidirectional

unipolar neuron

unmyelinated axon

voluntary

white matter