Tissues: Nervous

Question 1

Nervous Tissue

Answer 1

specialized for conducting electrical impulses that sense the external and internal environment (process info and control responses)

Question 2

Neurons

Answer 2

nerve cells that do the electrical communicating (action potential)

Question 3

Neuroglia

Answer 3

support and supply nutrients to neurons (NOT action potentials) dots that surround the soma

Question 4

Cell body of nerve tissue

Answer 4

soma

Question 5

Axon

Answer 5

tail end of cell (carries out electrical impulses to their destination)

Question 6

Dendrites

Answer 6

short branches extending from the soma to receive signals