biology

Question 1

what does the nervous system consist of

Answer 1

central nervous system (brain, spinal cord)
peripheral nervous system (sends info to the central nervous system)

Question 2

what is a neuron

Answer 2

basic cell of the nervous system and it receives and sends info

Question 3

what is the soma

Answer 3

cell body of the neuron

Question 4

what is a dendrite

Answer 4

it is part of the neuron that receives info from other neurons

Question 5

what is the axon

Answer 5

axon is the part of the neuron that sends info to other neurons

Question 6

what is the myelin

Answer 6

fatty substeance which coats the axon

Question 7

what are gilial cells and what do they do

Answer 7

cells but not neurons, they produce myelin

Question 8

90% of cells are…
what is 10% of cells in the brain

Answer 8

90% of cells are gilial cells, 10% of cells in the brain are neurons

Question 9

what is the synapse

Answer 9

space between the axon (sends info)

Question 10

what are nerves

Answer 10

bundles of mylein coated axons which travel throughout body