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    The document defines key terms related to the nervous system including neurons, which are nerve cells that carry electrical messages and connect the central nervous system to effectors. Synapses are junctions between neurons that allow signals to pass. Sensory neurons detect stimuli and pass signals to the central nervous system, while motor neurons carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors like muscles or glands. Reflexes are automatic responses to stimuli that involve a stimulus being detected and a signal passing through a reflex arc to cause an effector response without conscious thought.

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    The document defines key terms related to the nervous system including neurons, which are nerve cells that carry electrical messages and connect the central nervous system to effectors. Synapses are junctions between neurons that allow signals to pass. Sensory neurons detect stimuli and pass signals to the central nervous system, while motor neurons carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors like muscles or glands. Reflexes are automatic responses to stimuli that involve a stimulus being detected and a signal passing through a reflex arc to cause an effector response without conscious thought.

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    The document defines key terms related to the nervous system including neurons, which are nerve cells that carry electrical messages and connect the central nervous system to effectors. Synapses are junctions between neurons that allow signals to pass. Sensory neurons detect stimuli and pass signals to the central nervous system, while motor neurons carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors like muscles or glands. Reflexes are automatic responses to stimuli that involve a stimulus being detected and a signal passing through a reflex arc to cause an effector response without conscious thought.

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    Nervous System Key Words Neuron An automatic response to a stimulus that does not involve conscious thought.

    Connects a motor and a sensory neuron in the central nervous system and is involved in a reflex arc. Carries the nerve impulse from the central nervous system to an effector. Electrical message that passes along a neuron. Changes in the environment.

    Synapse

    Receptor

    Sensory neuron Motor neuron

    Reflex

    A specialised nerve cell.

    association neuron

    A junction between 2 neurons.

    Stimulus

    A bundle of neurons.

    Effectors

    The brain and the spinal cord.

    Central nervous system Nerve

    Nerve impulse

    Carry out the response and are either muscles or glands. This carries the nerve impulse from the receptor to the central nervous system. Specialised cells that detect stimuli.

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