Schwaan cells which creates a myelin sheath which increases the rate of impulse transduction
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What does Afferent mean?
Moving towards the brain
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What does Efferent mean?
Moving away from the brain
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What are the three parts of an axon?
Axon hillock, axon proper and axon terminal bouton
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How are neurons classified?
By the number of neurites they have-unipolar,bipolar,multipolar
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What is a Golgi Type 1 neuron?
A neuron with a long axon
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What is a Golgi Type 2 neuron?
A neuron with a short axon
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What is the resting membrane potential?
The difference in the electircal charge between the negatively charged cytosol on the inside surface of the membrane and the electrical charge on the outside.
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What is an action potential?
A brief reversal of the resting potential, so the inside of the membrane becomes positively charged.
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What is the neuronal membrane made of?
A sheet of phospholipids, 2 molecules thick forming a bilayer, isolating the cytosol from the extracellular fluid
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Card 2
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What are glial cells?
Back
A type of insulating/supporting/nourishing cell for neurons.
Card 3
Front
What is the difference between a dendrite and an axon?
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