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Nervous System (Nervous System: (Division of Nervous System: (CENTRAL…
Nervous System
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Neurons:
Made of:
Cell Body: nucleus, & organelles
Dendrites: receiving portions, branched
Axon start: SINGLE fiber
Myelin: acts as insulator, increases speed of impulse travel, gaps are called NODES of Ranvier
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Neuroglia:
ASTROCYTES: star shaped cells, close to blood vessels
OLIGODENDROCYTE: most common, from myelin sheath
MICROGLIA: small, fewer process, phagocytes
EPENDYMAL CELLS: form cerbrospinal, circulation
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