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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

     


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