Nervous system

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  1. 3. system / The master control and communication system of the body
  2. 5. / Neuron processes that convey incoming messages toward the cell body are
  3. 6. cleft / Each axon terminal is separated from the next neuron by a tiny gap called the
  4. 8. / Filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
  5. 13. / Millions of sensory receptors to monitor changes occurring both inside and outside the body
  6. 14. / Small collections of cell bodies are found in a few sites outside the CNS in the PNS
  7. 15. / The activity of smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and glands is the _______ nervous system
  8. 16. / The sensory division also call as
  9. 17. body / The metabolic centre of the neuron
  10. 19. / Fewer positive ions on the inner face of the plasma membrane
  11. 20. / ______nervous system exclude brain and spinal cord
  12. 23. / Cells that defend CNS cells
  13. 24. / Chemical released from the terminal that pass an impulse from 1 neuron to the next
  14. 27. matter / Consists of dense collections of myelinated fibers
  15. 28. / Bundles of nerve fibers running through the CNS
  16. 29. / Generates nerves impulses and typically conduct them away from the cell body
  17. 30. system / The nervous system does not work alone to regulate and maintain body homeostasis
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  1. 1. / Whitish, fatty material that has a waxy material
  2. 2. / Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles and gland
  3. 4. / Communication by the nervous system involves a combination of ________and chemical signals
  4. 7. / Supporting cells in the CNS?
  5. 9. / Which cell that produce the insulating material called myelin
  6. 10. / Which neuroglia are most abundant in the body
  7. 11. / Neuroglia also called as
  8. 12. neurons / Neurons with two process an axon and one dendrite
  9. 18. / process by which cells undergo a change in membrane potential
  10. 21. / Satellite cells act _________, cushioning cells for peripheral neuron cell bodies
  11. 22. matter / Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
  12. 25. / Cells that specialized to transmit messages from one part of the body to another
  13. 26. cells / Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibres in the PNS