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18 Cards in this Set
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2 structures of the neuron
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the cell body - nerve processes (neurities)
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the neuron cell body is also called (2)
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perikaryon - soma
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the cell body contains
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typical cell organelles floating in cytoplasm
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the cell body contains abundant clusters of ____ called ____ bodies (no centrioles)
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rER - nissl
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2 types of nerve processes (neurities)
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dendrites - axons
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dendrites description (2)
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short - branched
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dendrites function
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receive input (receptives)
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axon (nerve fibers) description
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conducting extension
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axons (nerve fibers) are abundant ____
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organelles
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axons have no ____ bodies
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nissl
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axoplasm description
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cytoplasm of axon
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axon hillock is the enlarged part of the
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cell body
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axolemma description
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plasma membrane of axon
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telodendria description
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profuse branches at the end of the axon
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axon collaterals description
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large branches of axons
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axon terminal (aka synaptic knob or terminal bouton) description
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bulb-like end of the telodendria
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3 schwann cell structures
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myelin sheath - nodes of ranvier - neurilemma
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2 synapse responses
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presynaptic neuron - postsynaptic neuron
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