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This is a rather tough question to answer succinctly, so here's a summary. Impulses are transmitted throughout the body with the combined efforts of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). The CNS is the brain, spinal cord, retina and cranial nerves. The PNS is the nerves spread throughout the body. The CNS is the core control center that receives, interprets and responds to any and all signals from all over the body. This process is completed by the use of neurotransmitters and inhibitors that initiate the signals along the neural ganglia from the CNS. A neuron is an excitable cell that has a lot of action potential, an action potential is a short acting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory. Through the use of these action potentials and the voltage gated channels in the membranes an electrical pulse is sent throughout the body.
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What is the electric signal that is transmitted throughout the body called?

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Which of these parts receive nerve impulses?

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What carries impulses toward the cell body?

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How impulses are transmitted and generated?

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What conduct impulses to and fro from the brain to the other parts of the body?

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Is the hypothalamus is the area where afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body are sorted out and relayed to the appropriate area of the sensory cortex?

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What is the part of the body made up of bundles of neurons that carry impulses from all parts of the body to the brain and from the brain to all parts of the body?

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What cell carry messages to and from the different parts the body?

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Where in the brain do afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body converge?

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