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2. a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
5. system that deals with the autonomic and somatic
6. non-touching connection between nerves
7. to carry away from
11. a nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland.
12. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
14. nucleus containing central part of a neuron
16. an action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
17. a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.
19. an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve.
20. the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

1. a neuron that transmits impulses between other neurons, especially as part of a reflex arc.
3. neuron nerve cells that transmit sensory information
4. located in the front of the skull;responsible for the integration of complex sensory and neural functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in the body.
8. perception or experience of flavor
9. brain stem; beneath the pons
10. the part of the brain where the function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity.
12. the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.
13. The part of the brain that regulates involuntary
15. a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
18. brain and spinal cord