nervous system anatomy

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  1. 3. Type of glial (neuroglial) cell that transports water and salts from capillaries in the nervous system.
  2. 6. Outer region of the cerebrum, containing sheets of nerve cells; gray matter of the brain.
  3. 7. Sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded ridge on the surface of the cerebral cortex; convolution.
  4. 8. Part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus.
  5. 12. Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus; controls sleep, appetite, body temperature, and secretions from the pituitary gland.
  6. 13. Carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord (sensory nerve).
  7. 14. largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
  8. 15. Posterior portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord; includes the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata.
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  1. 1. Tenth cranial nerve
  2. 2. Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell (neuron) that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse.
  3. 4. Posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance.
  4. 5. Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells.
  5. 9. Collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  6. 10. Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord.
  7. 11. Microscopic fiber that is part of a neuron and carries nervous impulse along a nerve cell.