Body Structure and Functions 12th edition Chapter 8 Central Nervous System
Alzheimer's disease - progressive disease with degeneration of nerve endings in the cortex of the brain arachnoid mater - weblike middle membrane of meninges associative neuron - carries messages from sensory neuron to motor neuron; also called interneuron autonomic nervous system - collection of nerves, ganglia, and plexuses through which visceral organs, heart, blood vessels, glands, and smooth (involuntary) muscles receive stimulation axons - nerve cell structure that carries impulses away from cell bodies to dendrites blood-brain barrier - choroid plexus capillaries in the brain differ in their selective permeability thus drugs carried in the blood-stream are not able to penetrate the brain tissu
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