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What is the function of oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord?
What is the function of oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord?
Oligodendrocytes produce the myeline sheath.
What is the term for the gap between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another?
What is the term for the gap between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another?
A synapse.
What is the primary function of interneurons?
What is the primary function of interneurons?
To act as a link between sensory and motor neurons.
What is the characteristic of multipolar neurons?
What is the characteristic of multipolar neurons?
What is the term for the message that travels along a nerve fibre?
What is the term for the message that travels along a nerve fibre?
What is the electrochemical change that occurs during a nerve impulse?
What is the electrochemical change that occurs during a nerve impulse?
What is the main function of the cell body in a neuron?
What is the main function of the cell body in a neuron?
What is the primary function of dendrites in a neuron?
What is the primary function of dendrites in a neuron?
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath in a neuron?
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath in a neuron?
What are the gaps in the myelin sheath called?
What are the gaps in the myelin sheath called?
What is the term used to describe any long extension of a nerve cell?
What is the term used to describe any long extension of a nerve cell?
What is the outermost coil of a Schwann cell called?
What is the outermost coil of a Schwann cell called?
