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NERVOUS SYSTEM
Nervous system
Peripheral nervous
system
Central nervous
system
Spinal cord
Brain
Neuron
Senses
Visible Light
Sound
Touch
Ultraviolet Light
Temperature
Gravity
Infrared Radiation
Smells
Magnetic Fields
Tastes
Electric Fields
network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the
brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body
made up of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
made up of the brain and spinal cord
bundle of nerves enclosed in the spine and connects nearly all parts
of the body to the brain
organ that is the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual
and nervous activity
nerve cell that carries information
any of the ways in which organisms perceive stimuli originating from
outside or inside the body
Deer, people, coyotes
pigeons
Star-nosed mole
penguins
Pit vipers
plants
Some fish
snakes
Honey bee
earthworm
platypus
*Animals receive signals through their senses, they are processed in the nervous
system, and their body responds in different ways.