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28 Cards in this Set
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Astr-
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star
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Astrocyte
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star-shaped neuroglial cell
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Ax-
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Axle
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Axon
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Cylindrical nerve process that carries impulses away from a neuron cell body.
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Bi-
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Two
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Bipolar Neutron
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Neuron with two processes extending from the cell body.
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Denre-
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Tree
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Dendrite
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Branched nerve process that serves as the receptor surface of a neuron.
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Ependm-
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Tunic
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Ependma
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Neuroglial cells
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-Lemm
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Rind/Peel
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Neurilemma
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sheath that surrounds the myelin of a nerve cell process
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Moto-
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moving
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Motor neuron
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neuron that stimulates a muscle to contract, or a gland to release secretion
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Multi-
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many
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Multipolar neuron
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neuron with many processes extending from the cell body
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Oligo-
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few
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Oligodendrocyte
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small neruoglial cell with few cellular purposes
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Peri-
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all around
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Peripepheral nervous system
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portion of the nervous system that consists of the nerves branching from the brain & spinal cord
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Salatory-
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a Dancer
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Salatory conduction
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nerve impulse conduction in which the impulse seems to jump from node to node along the nerve fiber
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Sens-
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Feeling
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Sensory Neuron
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neuron that can be stimulated by a sensory receptor and conducts impulses into the brain and spinal cord
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Syn-
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together
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Synapse
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junction between two neurons
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Uni-
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One
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Unipolar
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neuron with only one process extending from the cell body
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