Nervous system vocabulary

Central Nervous System:

A long projection of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body

A nerve cell that transmits sensory information, such as sight, sound and feeling

Branched projection of a neuron that receives the impulse (message) from other cells

Space between two nerve cells

Specialized cell for transmitting nerve impulses

Nerve cell that transmits impulses from brain to spinal cord to muscle

Part of nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord

Chemical substance released by a neuron into a synapse to trigger a nerve impulse in another questin