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1 Nervous System Tanyaratana Dumkua Biology Department, Mahidolwittayanusorn school

2 Co-Ordinating System

3 Nerve net Nerve ring Ladder nerve Ganglion Brain Ventral nerve cord Dorsal nerve cord

4 CNS &PNS

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9 Soma Nissl bodies Axon hillock

10 Receptor & Dendrite

11 Axon & Nerve ending

12 Synapse

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14 Stimulus Sense Organ Sensory nerve Interneurons in Integral organ (Brain or Spinal chord) Motor nerve Effector

15 Excited or inhibited signals are sum and estimated by Axon Hillock.

16 All or None Law Threshold

17 Action potential

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19 Propagation of action potential

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21 Continuous conduction

22 Saltatory conduction

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24 Myelin Sheath Myelin sheath in the PNS

25 Electrical synapse and Chemical synapse

26 Neurotransmitter by Otto Loewi

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33 Brain & Spinal cord are protected by bone, meninges and CSF.

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43 Gray matter & White matter

44 PNS :Cranial nerve & Spinal nerve

45 Cranial nerve

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47 Spinal nerve

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51 Reflex : 3 neurons

52 Knee jerk reflex : 2 neurons

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