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Dezare Casas Week 7

week 13 assignment

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central nervous system (CNS) the structural and functional center of the entire nervous system. Consisting of the brain and spinal cord,
peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of the nerve tissues that lie in the periphery, or “outer regions,” of the nervous system
afferent division m consists of all of the incoming sensory or afferent pathways.
efferent division consists of all the outgoing motor or efferent pathways.
somatic nervous system (SNS) regulates the somatic effectors, which are the skeletal muscles.
autonomic nervous system (ANS) carry information to the autonomic, or visceral, effectors, which are mainly the smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, glands, adipose tissue, and other “involuntary” tissue.
enteric nervous system (ENS) is a so-called “second brain” in the wall of the gut.
Neurons excitable cells that conduct the impulses that make possible all nervous system functions.
Glia do not usually conduct information themselves but support the function of neurons in various ways.
astrocytes Found only in the CNS, they are the largest and most numerous type of glia
microglia are very small cells found in the CNS
Ependymal cells are glia that resemble epithe-lial cells, forming thin sheets that line fluid-filled cavities in the brain and spinal cord.
Oligodendrocytes are smaller than astrocytes and have fewer processes.
Schwann cells are found only in the PNS, are called nodes of Ranvier or simply myelin sheath gaps. also called neurolemmocytes
neurilemma essential to normal nerve growth and the regen-eration of injured nerve fibers
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