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Nervous Tissue 1
All about nervous tissue
Question | Answer |
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Neuron | The basic unit of nervous tissue |
Nerve cell | Neuron |
Dendrite | Fiber that carries messages to the nerve cell body (or neuron) |
Axon | Fiber that carries impulses away from nerve cell (neuron) |
Myelin | Fatty "white Matter" Material that insulates some axons |
unmyelinated Cells and Fibers | Make up gray matter |
neurogilia | Do not transmit nerve impulses supports and protects nervous tissue |