FOUNDATIONAL TERM
Afferent
传入
Information travelling toward the central nervous system.
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17 · The nervous system: sensing, signalling and control
The nervous system converts changes into signals and generates responses through networks. Understanding it requires separating electrical activity, chemical transmission, integration and behaviour.
Sources
- OpenStax: basic structure and function of the nervous system
- OpenStax: nervous tissue
- OpenStax: the action potential
- OpenStax: communication between neurons
- OpenStax: motor responses
- OpenStax: divisions of the autonomic nervous system
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