Brain and Neuron Structure and Function

The skeletal muscles are controlled by this part of the nervous system.

• Somatic Nervous system
• Autonomic Nervous system
• astrocytes
• glial cells

The smooth muscles and glands are controlled by this part of the nervous system.

• Somatic Nervous system
• Autonomic Nervous system
• astrocytes
• glial cells

A mass of nerve cells.

• oligodendrocytes
• ependymal cells
• neurons
• Schwann cells

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Consists of the brain and spinal cord.

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous system

Nerves throughout the body other than the brain and spinal cord.

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous system
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous System

The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses.

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminus

White matter has this insulating covering that increases the rate at which an impulse can be carried.

• Schwann Cell
• axon membrane
• Neurilemma
• Myelin Sheath

The junction between two communicating neurons.

• synapse
• neuromuscular junction
• dendrite
• axon

Chemical messengers that move across the synapse.

• vesicles
• sodium
• potassium
• neurotransmitters

Gaps in the myelin sheath.

• nodes of Ranvier
• axon endings 
• synapse
• neurotransmitters