Nervous tissue

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Neurons do what?

Transmit electrical impulses to communicate

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What are the 3 major parts of neurons?

Dendrites, cell body, and axon

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What do dendrites do?

receive information

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What does the cell body do?

process information

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What do the axons do?

Transmit/ send the information

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What do neuroglial cells do?

support, connect, and maintain

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What do astrocytes do?

stars that repair by connecting blood vessels to neurons

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What do oligodendrocytes do?

they are the band aid, surrounds axons of nerves in the CNS

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What do microglial cells do?

immune defense, phagocytizes cells in CNS

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What do ependymal cells do?

Brains fluid lining