Terms

Question 1

Axon

Answer 1

Nerve fibres that conduct impulses away from cell body to CNS

Question 2

Choroid plexus

Answer 2

Network of nerves in the brain that secrete CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

Question 3

Dentrite

Answer 3

Receives the information/ stimuli from the neuron

Question 4

Endoneurium, Epineurium, perineurium

Answer 4

Endoneurium - surrounds nylon sheath of axon
Epineurium - surrounds outside of never
Perineurium - smooth membrane enclosing fascicle of axons

Question 5

Ganglion

Answer 5

A collection of neuron bodies in the PNS

Question 6

Gray matter

Answer 6

In spinal cord, outside brain , contains synaps

Question 7

White matter

Answer 7

Inside brain, outside spinal cord

Consists of tracts

Question 8

Interneuron

Answer 8

Association neurone CNS

Question 9

Mylin

Answer 9

Insulating sheath that forms around axons to protect and electrically insulate the transmission of nerve impulses

Question 10

Neuroglia

Answer 10

Glial cells “nerve glue” supporting neurone

Question 11

Neuron

Answer 11

“Excitable cells” sense electrical signals and conduct nerve impulses

Question 12

Neurotransmitter

Answer 12

Hold synaps

Question 13

Nerve

Answer 13

Bundle of axons

Question 14

Synaps

Answer 14

Where the axon meets the dentrite of another cell

Question 15

Ganglia

Answer 15

Cluster of neuron cell bodies

Question 16

Tract

Answer 16

Bundle of axons

Question 17

Nucleus

Answer 17

Group of neuron cell bodies - gray matter