Neuron

Question 1

What’s a nurse cell?

Answer 1

A support cell

Question 2

How many nervous system cells are nurse cells?

Answer 2

~95%

Question 3

What’s another name for a nurse cell?

Answer 3

Neuroglial cell

Question 4

Name the parts of the neuron

Answer 4

Soma
Dendrites
Axon
Schwann cells

Question 5

What is the soma?

Answer 5

The body of the cell

Question 6

What are dendrites?

Answer 6

Extensions that receive signals and carries them into the soma

Question 7

What is the axon?

Answer 7

An extension that carries signals away from the soma

Question 8

What are Schwann cells?

Answer 8

Insulator for cells that carry signals for long distances (carries signals faster)

Question 9

Does every axon have Schwann cells?

Answer 9

Nope

Question 10

What are other forms neurons?

Answer 10

Unipolar
Bipolar
Multipolar

Question 11

What is a neuron?

Answer 11

A nervous system cell that is capable of creating and transmitting an electro-chemical signal

Question 12

What is a myelin sheath?

Answer 12

A collection of Schwann cells

Question 13

What does a myelin sheath do to signals

Answer 13

Signals are able to travel 50x faster

Question 14

What is anything myelinated called?

Answer 14

White matter

Question 15

What is anything not myelinated called?

Answer 15

Grey matter

Question 16

What is a nerve

Answer 16

A bundle of axons leading to or away from your central nervous system