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Color the Neuron and Neuroglial Cells

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    Neurons and Neuroglia Coloring.png

    Color the following:

    Oligodendrocytes (purple)
    Astrocyte (green)
    Ependymal Cells (orange)
    Body of Neuron (blue)
    Myelin sheaths (pink)
    Capillary (red)
    Microglial cells (yellow)
    Nodes of Ranvier and the Axon (brown)

    Questions

    1) Describe the function of the following parts: 
        Oligodendrocytes ____________________________________________
        Astrocytes _________________________________________________
        Microglial cells _____________________________________________
        Myelin sheaths ______________________________________________
    2) Describe the path of a nerve impulse in a neuron starting with the dendrite:


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