Parts of a Neuron
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dendrites
a neuron’s extensions that receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body
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axon
the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or muscles and glands
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soma
the cell body, the life support center
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myelin sheath
the fatty tissue layer surrounding the axons of some neurons. enables after transmission speed when the neuron impulses
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terminal branches
forms junctions with other cells, releases neurotransmitters
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synaspe
the junction between the axon tip and the sending neuron
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node of ravvier
the gaps in the myelin sheath and axons
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