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10.3: MODELS- Nerve Tissue

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Anatomical divisions:

Central nervous system

  • Brain
  • Spine

Peripheral nervous system

  • Nerves
  • Functional divisions:

Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

  • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Parasympathetic nervous system

Histology:

Neurons

  • Cell body
  • Nuclei
  • Axon
  • Axon hillock
  • Myelin sheath
  • Nodes of Ranvier
  • Telodendria
  • Axon terminal
  • Dendrite
  • Synaptic cleft

Neuroglia

  • Schwann cells
  • Oligodendrocytes
  • Satellite cells
  • Astrocytes
  • Microglial cells
  • Ependymal cells

 


This page titled 10.3: MODELS- Nerve Tissue is shared under a CC BY-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Laird C. Sheldahl.

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