Neuro ch 2

Anterior/ Rostral

The head/ front

Posteriur/ caudal

tail/ back

superior

above

inferior

below

proximal

center/ near neuroaxis

distal

Away from center

dorsol

The back

Ventral

Belly/ Bottom of the skull

Cranial

Human only top of head

rostrum

nose

ante

before

neuroaxis

axis of the CNS

Lateral

side

Contralateral

Opposite side

Ipsilateral

Same side

Bilateral

Both sides

Unilateral

One side

Medial

Middle

Sagittal plane

Bisects body left and right

Coronal plane

Cut into front/back

Horizonal plane/ transverse plane

Top/bottom

Neurons

Basic unit of nevous system

glial cell

non neuronal cell. Support cell

How many neurons in an adult

roughly 90 billion

recetive

sensory neurons. Receive/ send signals

Interneruons

Between sensory and motor neurons

Multipolar

many dendrites one axon

Bipolar

1 dendrite and 1 axon

unipolar

dendrite bypasses cell body directly to axon