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27 Cards in this Set
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other names for cyton
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cell body - soma
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dendrite have ____ neuron processes for ____
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branching - reception
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dendrite transmits impulse toward the ____ ____
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cell body
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nissl body is made of
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rough ER
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nucleus is the
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control center
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nucleus contains
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genetic material
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nucleus are clusters of ____ ____ bodies in the CNS
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nerve cell
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axon hillock definition
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cone-shaped region between the cell body + axon
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axons is a neuron ____ that carries away information from the ____ ____ ____
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process - nerve cell body (efferent process)
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axons are the ____ portion of a nerve cell
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conducting
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myelin ____ & ____ insulates fibers
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protects - electrically
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neurilemma is the
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plasma membrane of schwann cells
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schwann cell is a type of ____ cell in ____ ____ ____
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supporting - pns
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schwann cell forms____ ____
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myelin sheaths
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schwann cell is vital to
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peripheral nerve fiber regeneration
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node of ranvier is the gap between
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adjacent schwann cells
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axon collaterals can emerge from ____ ____ ____
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node of ravier
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axolemma definition
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plasma membrane of axon
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collateral axon are
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branches along the axon
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terminal bouton are
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knob-like distal endings of the terminal branches
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vessicles are
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sacs that carry neurotransmitters
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schwann cells nucleus
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nucleus of schwann cells
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outer membrane of axon is
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axolemma
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what is contained in the vesicles in the synaptic knobs
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neurotransmitters
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myelin sheath is composed of
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lipid - protein
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nissl bodies are composed of
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rough ER
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node of ranvier function (2)
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saltatory conduction - speeds up impulse
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