The Basic Structure and Function of the Nervous System

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

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

Cells that are found between neurons and blood vessels.

• oligodendrocyte
• microglial cell
• astrocyte
• ependymal cell

The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses.

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• axon terminus

Neurons that have a single process extending from the cell body.

• unipolar
• bipolar
• dipolar
• multipolar

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

• Schwann Cell
• axon membrane
• Neurilemma
• Myelin Sheath

Neurons that have two processes extending from the cell body

• unpolar
• bipolar
• polar
• multipolar