The Nervous System: Anatomy Review

Front 1

Neurons communicate with other neurons and stimulate both ___ and ___.

Back 1

Muscles and glands

Front 2

Signals from other neurons are received at junctions called ___, located primarily on the ___ ___and ___, the receptive and integrative regions of the neuron.

Back 2

Synapses, cell bodies, dendrites

Front 3

The area where the axon emerges from the soma (cell body) is called the ___ ___.
This is also where the outgoing signal, called a/an ___ ___ is generated.

Back 3

Axon hillock, action potential

Front 4

An axon can branch, forming many axon ___. At the end, axons branch to form many axon ___.

Back 4

Collaterals, terminals

Front 5

What support cell forms the myelin sheath?

Back 5

Schwann cells

Front 6

Myelin is found around which part of the neuron?

Back 6

The axon

Front 7

The tightly wound cell membrane around the axon forms the myelin sheath and acts as ___.

Back 7

Electrically insulates, protects

Front 8

The gaps between the Schwann cells, called the ___ ___ ___, are essential for the conduction of the action potential.

Back 8

Nodes of Ranvier

Front 9

Neurons have (only one / many) axon/axons.
Axons are (never / frequently) branched.
Dendrites have (only one / many) branch/branches.

Back 9

Only one, frequently, many