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Nervous System
Module 13+
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
08/28/2015

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Term

Astrocytes

 

Definition

Guides the migration of young neurons/

Attaches the neuron to food source/

Anchors neurons/

Supports

Term
Microglia
Definition



Phagocytes involved in health

Term
Schwann Cells
Definition

Surrounds Fibers of PNS/

Forms myelin sheaths in PNS

Term
Oligodendrocytes
Definition

Wraps CNS nerve fibers/


Forms myelin sheaths in CNS

Term
Chemically Gated Channels
Definition

Needs the binding

of something to open

Term
Voltage Gated Channels
Definition
Once gated channel is open, everything that takes place depends on voltage
Term
Passive Channels
Definition

Always open/


Potassium always leaks out of cells

Term
Anterograde
Definition
Movement towards axon terminals
Term
Retrograde
Definition

Movement away from

axon terminals

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Synapse
Definition
A junctin that mediates information transfer from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell
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