Card Set: Anatomy & Physiology Key Terms Nervous System

A&P Key Terms 12 Nervous System

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91. thermoreceptor type of sensory receptor capable of transducing temperature stimuli into neural action potentials
92. threshold membrane voltage at which an action potential is initiated
93. tract bundle of axons in the central nervous system having the same function and point of origin
94. unipolar shape of a neuron which has only one process that includes both the axon and dendrite
95. upper motor neuron first neuron in the motor command pathway with its cell body in the cerebral cortex that synapses on the lower motor neuron in the spinal cord
96. ventricle central cavity within the brain where CSF is produced and circulates
97. voltage-gated channel ion channel that opens because of a change in the charge distributed across the membrane where it is located
98. white matter regions of the nervous system containing mostly myelinated axons, making the tissue appear white because of the high lipid content of myelin
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