Cells of the Nervous System

This term is used for the collection of nerve cell bodies outside the CNS

This term is used for the collection of nerve cell bodies inside the CNS

| Cell body -----> Axon terminal |

This axon transport is..?

| Cell body <----- Axon terminal |

This axon transport is..?

This type of neurons is usually motor, and has multiple branches

This is primarily found in sense organs

This neuron is restricted to the PNS, and are sensory neurons

Transmit information from sensory receptors
to the CNS; most are unipolar

Transmit electrical impulses between
sensory neurons and motor neurons; multipolar.

Transmit electrical impulses from the CNS
to effectors; multipolar

Short dendrites; short/absent axon; numerous in cortex; local, often inhibitory

Short dendrites; long axon; long tracts

This glial cell in the CNS produces the myelin sheath, and is associated with Multiple Sclerosis

This glial cell forms the BBB ( Blood Brain Barrier )

Lines the ventricles of the brain and the central
canal of the spinal cord

The brain’s “trash collector”

If the Oligodendrocytes form the myelin sheath in the CNS, in PNS it is the _____ that forms the myelin sheath

Wrap around neuronal cell bodies, provide support and nutrients to PNS neurons