Nerve Anatomy & Physiology

The central nervous system consists of the_______ (multiple answers allowed)

• Brain

• Efferent Nerves

• Senses

• Spinal Cord

• Afferent Division

Integrates the cell response

• Afferent Neurons

• Soma/Cell Body

• Axon Terminal

• Dendrites

Structure that transmits signals toward the cell body

• Neuronal Transmitters

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Soma

Transmits signals away from the soma

• Anti-dendrite

• Nerve Impulse

• Synapse

• Axon

Neurons are an ________tissue

What is the name of the channels that move ions against the concentration gradient

• Ion Stations

• Pumps

• Powered Channels

• ATP Fueled Channels

The type of nerves that carries sensory information to the CNS

• Afferent Nerves

• Motor Neurons

• Efferent Nerves

• Peripheral Nervous System

What's another way of saying motor neurons

• Engine Neurons

• Efferent Neurons

• Sensory Neurons

• Afferent Neurons

Small gap between pre-synaptic neuron and post-synaptic neuron

• Gap Junction

• Synapse

• Myelin Sheath

• The In-between Space

Chemical messenger released from pre-synaptic membrane, causes depolarization

• Synapse

• Neurotransmitter

• Inhibitor

• Dendrite