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Anatomy
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Where does an action potential start?
axon hillock soma dendrite axon
What do oligodendrocytes produce?
ependymel cells insulating myelin sheaths around axon of neuron in the CNS insulating myelin sheath around axon of neuron in the PNS melatonin
What is Spina Bifida?
Failure of higher brain structures to form Failure of spinal cord to close Failure to have a spine Nerve impulses slow down because nerves lose myelin
What does the sensory nervous system do?
carries information from CNS carries information from PNS carries information toward CNS carries information from PNS
Which neuroglial cells are in the CNS?
astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, ependymel cells satellite cells, schwann cells all of the above none of the above
What is the Wallerian degeneration?
schwann cells appear axon and myelin sheath distal to injury disintegrate separate ends of axon seal forming of the regeneration tube
What are the secretory regions?
dendrites synaptic terminals axons soma
The fourth ventricle is connected to the 3rd ventricle by the ___________________
cauda equina corpus callosum cerebral aqueduct nerve fibers
The thalamus is composed of...
hypothalamus and epithalamus bilateral masses of white matter ependymel cells bilateral masses of grey matter
What are the two parts of the peripheral nervous system?
autonomic and somatic motor and sensory sympathetic and parasympathetic electrical and chemical
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