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Neurons And Glial Cells STUDY GUIDE
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Neurons And Glial Cells STUDY GUIDENeuron - ANS An individual nerve cell that receives, transmits and processes
information
Glial cell - ANS A cell that supports a neutron and influences transmission of impulses
but does not transmit impulses
Soma - ANS The main cell body of a neuron
Axon - ANS The fibre that carries information away from the cell body of a neuron
, Dendrite - ANS A neuron fibre connected to the soma that receives incoming
messages
Myelin (Sheath) - ANS A fatty layer coating some axons that protects the axon and
assists with the speedy delivery of electrical impulses
nodes of Ranvier - ANS The small gaps that occur at regular intervals in the Myelin
sheath that speed the transmission of the nerve impulse
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