Studied by 0 peoplecentral nervous system (CNS)
The part of the nervous system containing the brain and the spinal cord.
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
The portion of the nervous system which connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.
Neurons
Cells responsible for sending and receiving signals from the body to the brain and back to the body.
cell body
The central part of the neuron that includes the nucleus and cytoplasm.
soma
Another name for the cell body of a neuron.
dendrites
Dendrites are the branch-like structures of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons and transmit them to the cell
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