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Mrs. T's Nerve 1
Mrs. T's Nerv Tissue 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| junction between neurons | synapse |
| brain and spinal cord together | central nervous system |
| release neurotransmitters | axon terminals |
| main large part of neuron | cell body |
| many short branches of cell body | dendrites |
| increase speed of impulse transmission | myelin sheath |
| neuroglial cells in PNS | Schwann cells |
| direction of impulse on neuron | dendrites to cell body to axon |
| cell membrane of neuron | neurilemma |
| fatty insulation under neurilemma | myelin sheath |
| long fiber that exits cell body | axon |
| nucleus of this cell is located between neurilemma and myelin sheath on axon | Schwann cell |
| indentations of myelin sheath | Nodes of Ranvier |