nervous system
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Introduction
- Structural divisions - anatomic
- Functional divisions - physiologic
- Somatic nervous system - voluntary; supplies skeletal muscles
- Autonomic (visceral) nervous system - involuntary; supplies smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands
- Neuroglia
- Nonconducting cells
- Protect & support nervous system
- Neurons
- electrically excitable cells
- functional unit of the nervous system
More general terms
Additional terms
Components
- brain
- autonomic nervous system
- peripheral nervous system
- central nervous system
- nervous system structure
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- ↑ Memmler's The Structure & Function of the Human Body 7th edition, BJ Cohen & DL Wood (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2000
- ↑ Brain and Nervous System http://health.nih.gov/search.asp/3