Neuron Structure

This includes the Brain and Spinal cord

• CNS

• PNS

• Somatic

• Autonomic

The Part of a neuron that contains the nucleus

• Cell body

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Myelin

This feature is important in how quick an impulse travels down an axon

• Nodes of Ranvier

• Dendrite

• Axon Terminal

• Cell Body

This part of a neuron receives information from a previous neuron

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Axon Terminal

• Myelin

The job of this part of the nervous system is to regulate the body's functions involuntarily

• Autonomic NS

• Somatic NS

• Central NS

• Peripheral NS

The autonomic Nervous System is made of two parts; Sympathetic and

• Somatic

• Parasympathetic

• Peripheral

• Central

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The single long fiber of a neuron that conducts information

• Axon

• Dendrite

• Cell Body

• Axon Terminal

The Functional Unit of a Nervous System

• Cell Body

• Neuron

• Dendrite

• Axon

Insulation Surround Axons

• Myelin

• Nodes of Ranvier

• Axon Terminal

• Cell Body