Chapter 6 Flashcards
0
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Nerve cell
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Neuron
1
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Transmits impulses toward cell body
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Dendrite
2
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Integrates signals from sensory neurons
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Interneuron
3
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Conductor of impulses from cell bodies
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Axon
4
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Has cell body in dorsal root ganglion
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Sensory neuron
5
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Group of myelinated nerve fibers within CNS
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Tract
6
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Distal end of axon
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Motor end plate
7
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Includes major tracts in CNS
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White matter
8
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Large cell body with a long axon
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Motor neuron
9
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Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers
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Gray matter
10
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Has both dendrites and an axon extending from it
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Cell body
11
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Fatty sheath
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Myelin
12
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Conducts nerve impulses from neuron
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Nerve fiber
13
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Collection of axons located near the intervertebral foramen
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Posterior root
14
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Break in myelin sheath
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Nodes of ranvier
