Nervous system vocab

part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord

• somatic division

• axon

• central nervous system

part of the nervous system made up of nerves outside the CNS

• dendrites

• axon terminal

• motor (efferent) division

division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information TO the CNS

• motor (efferent) division

• sensory (afferent) division

• axon terminal

division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information FROM the CNS

• dendrites

• Schwann cell

• motor (efferent) division

part of the motor division responsible for conscious or voluntary control of skeletal muscles and reflexes

• myelin

• somatic division

• neuroglia

part of the motor division responsible for automatic or involuntary responses

• autonomic division

• somatic division

• motor (efferent) division

cells of the nervous system that insulate, support, and protect delicate neurons

• myelin

• neuroglia

• axon

nerve cells

• cell body

• synapse

• neurons

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

fibers that receive and convey message to the cell body of a neuron

• dendrites

• axon terminal

• somatic division

the metabolic center of a neuron; contains the nucleus

• cell body

• node of Ranvier

• neuroglia