NEURON

The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends information to receiving neurons

• axon 
• dendrite
• axon terminal
• gene

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A nerve cell that is the basic working unit of the brain and nervous system which processes and transmits information

• axon
• neuron
• dendrite
• neurotransmitter

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

What is the brain made of?

• Nerve tissue
• Brain tissue
• Cortex tissue 
• Stem tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic cleft for receptors on the post-synaptic neuron to receive

• dendrite

• axon terminal

• Scwann cells

• myelin

Identify #2

• axon

• cell body

• dendrite

• myelin sheath

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A

• Dendrite
• Axon
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

W

• Axon Terminal Button
• Neurotransmitters
• Dendrite
• Synapse

X

• Axon Terminal Button

• Neurotransmitters

• Dendrite

• Synapse