Neuro Anatomy Flashcards
1
Q
What are neurons?
A
The functional units of the neuro system
2
Q
What contains the nucleus?
A
The cell body
3
Q
What conducts impulses away from the cell body?
A
The axon
4
Q
What are the neurotransmitters?
A
Synaptic knobs
5
Q
What is short, receives stimuli or impulses (afferent), and has many branches?
A
Dendrite
6
Q
What does white matter mainly contain?
A
Myelinated nerve fibers
7
Q
What does gray matter contain most of?
A
Neuron cell bodies
8
Q
What do schwann cells do?
A
Insulates and nourishes the axon. It also
produces the myelin
9
Q
Where does depolarization and repolarization occur from?
A
Node of Ranvier
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