Neuron

What is the central nervous system

• The centre of each nerve cell
• The nerves that control the main functions of the body, such as heart rate and blood pressure
• The brain and spinal cord
• The nerves that prepare the body for fight or flight response

The cells that make up the nervous system are called

• Glial

• Neurons

• Myelin

• Neurocytes

Gaps between the myelin sheath along an axon are called

• Dendrites
• Schwann cells
• Terminal branches
• Nodes of Ranvier

Processes that carry nerve impulses away from the cell body are calles

• Dendrites
• Axons
• Synapses
• Myelin sheaths

This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic cleft for receptors on the dendrite to taste

• axon
• axon terminal
• gene
• neuron

A network of branches coming from individual cells.  They carry information and electrical signals in the brain and nervous system

• axon
• axon terminal
• dendrite
• neuron

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This insulating material forms a layer, around the axon of a neuron.  It enables electrical signals to travel down the axon at higher speeds.

• neuron
• myelin sheath
• dendrite
• neurotransmitter

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The tiny gap between neurons where nerve impulses are sent from one neuron to another.  It is where communication occurs between an axon and dendrite

• synapse
• axon terminal
• impulse
• myelin

This is composed of Sensory and Motor Neurons everywhere in the body EXCEPT brain and spinal cord

• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous System

What is structure labeled C in the picture?

• Dendrite
• Axon
• Cell Body
• Axon Terminal

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