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Thomas L. Lentz
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Professor of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Author of Primitive Nervous Systems.

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Diagram comparing action potential conduction in myelinated and unmyelinated axons, showing a neuron with labeled cell body, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, and the flow of electrical signals along each type of axon.
Nervous system, organized group of cells specialized for the conduction of electrochemical stimuli from sensory receptors through a network to the site at which a response occurs. All living organisms are able to detect changes within themselves and in their environments. Changes in the external…
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