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Nervous Tissue Lab EX 17
Histology of Nervous Tissue
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
11/28/2007

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Term
Nervous Tissue
Definition

S: Neurons and Supporting Cells

 

F: Conduct Impulses

Term
Nervous Tissue / Neurons
Definition

S: Dendrites, Cell Bodies, Nissl Bodies, Axons

 

F: Process and transmit information

 

L: Nervous system (CNS and PNS)

Term
/ Neurons / Dendrite
Definition

S: thin braches

 

F: Primary input region, receive information from receptors and send it towards the cell body as

graded potential

 

L: Extending from the cell body

Term
/ Neurons / Cell Body (Soma or Perikaryon)
Definition

S: Contains spherical nucleus within a nucleolus

 

F: Controls cell activity

 

L: Central Nervous System (Nuclei)

Peripheral Nervous System (Ganglia) 

Term
/ Neurons / Nissel Body (Chromatopilic Substance)
Definition

S: Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

 

F: Arranged for protein synthesis, growth of neurons, and regeneration of nerve fibers (Long Axons)

 

L: Within cell body

Term
/ Neurons / Axon (Nerve Fiber)
Definition

S: Long thin projection 

 

F: Conducting region, generates impules and transmits them away from the cell body

 

L: Arises from the cone shaped area of cell body

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