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Nervous System
4 Characteristics of the Nervous System
plasticity
Afferent nerves
(sensory nerves)
Efferent nerves
(motor nerves)
central nervous system (CNS)
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
somatic nervous system
autonomic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
neurons
mirror neurons
glial cells or glia
cell body
dendrites
axon
myelin sheath
resting potential
action potential
all-or-nothing principle
synapses
neurotransmitters
