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Neurons |
Nerve Cells (specialized for communication, many different types, generate and propagate electrical and chemical signals, primary action where drugs act) More than 100 Billion |
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Glial Cells |
Support Cells (two main types, speed up neuronal communication, no electrical signal) 100-300 billion |
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Astrocytes |
Helps to build the Blood Brain Barrier |
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Oligodendrocytes |
Helps create Myelin |
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Myelin |
Fatty sheath that wraps around neurons to help speed up neuronal functions |
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Soma |
Cell body of a neuron, has a nucleus and organelles (mitochondria) |
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Dendrites |
Little trees that come out of the cell body, where the receptors are, receive information from other neurons |
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Axon |
Sends information to other neurons, wrapped in glial cells, have vesicles with neurotransmitter molecules -- main output of neurotransmitter |
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Axon Hillock |
Where the axon meets the soma |
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Synapse |
Where the action happens, the space between neurons |
