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Central Nervous System (CNS)
The brain and spinal cord.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
The nerves in the outer regions, including spinal and cranial nerves.
Afferent Nerves
Sensory nerves that collect information from the periphery and send it to the CNS.
Efferent Nerves
Motor nerves that send information from the CNS to the periphery.
Somatic Nervous System
The part of the PNS that carries information to and from voluntary skeletal muscles.
Autonomic Nervous System
The part of the PNS that controls involuntary functions and sends responses to visceral effectors such as muscles and glands.
Sympathetic Nervous System
Prepares the body for threats and sends out appropriate responses, such as increasing breathing rate.
Parasympathetic Nervous System
The rest and repair system that keeps the body in balance.
Neurons
Excitable cells that initiate impulses in the nervous system.
Dendrites
Receive information from sensory receptors or other nerves and send it to the cell body.
Axon
Nerve fiber/process that takes information away from the cell body.
Synaptic Knob
The far end of a neuron that communicates with glands, muscles, or other nerves.
Nodes of Ranvier
Gaps in the myelin sheath where the axon is exposed, allowing for faster transmission of action potentials.
Axonal Transport
The process by which mitochondria and vesicles with neurotransmitters travel through the cell from the cell body to the end of the axon.
Input Zone
The part of the neuron that receives input, including dendrites and the cell body.
Summation Zone
The part of the neuron where inputs are combined, generating an impulse, including the axon hillock.
Conduction Zone
The part of the neuron where the impulse conducts along the axon away from the cell body.
Output Zone
The part of the neuron where neurotransmitters are released into a synapse to communicate, including telodendria and synaptic knobs of the axon.
Glia Cells
Support cells of the nervous system that promote the efficiency of neurons.
Microglia
Small, stationary glia cells that undergo phagocytosis to engulf and destroy microorganisms and cellular debris during inflammation.
Ependymal Cells
Thin sheets of epithelial cells that line fluid-filled cavities in the CNS and produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Oligodendrocytes
Glia cells specific to the CNS that hold nerve fibers together and produce myelin sheaths.
Astrocytes
The largest and most numerous glia cells that transport nutrients from blood to neurons, help restore ion gradients in extracellular fluid, and form the blood-brain barrier.
Schwann Cells
Glia cells specific to the PNS that wrap around nerves, forming a myelin sheath around peripheral nerve fibers.
Nodes of Ranvier
Gaps in the myelin sheath along the axon, allowing for faster conduction of impulses.
Nerves
Bundles of nerve fibers/axons in the PNS.
Tracts
Bundles of nerve fibers/axons in the CNS.
Gray Matter
Collections of cell bodies and unmyelinated fibers.
Motor Nerves
Nerves that contain motor neurons.
Sensory Nerves
Nerves that contain sensory neurons.
Mixed Nerves
Nerves that contain both sensory and motor neurons.
Endoneurium
The fibrous connective tissue inner covering that wraps each axon/nerve fiber.
Perineurium
The connective tissue middle covering that holds together a group of axons/nerve fibers forming a fascicle.
Epineurium
The outer covering that groups all of the fascicles together, made of fibrous connective tissue.
Repair of Nerve Fibers
The process of repairing damaged nerves, which can only occur if the cell body and neurilemma are intact and scarring has not occurred.