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| creates movement via contraction/relaxation of muscle fibers |
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| dictates muscle activity, nerves are controllers |
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| all neurons and gila contained entirely within the brain/spinal cord |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| all neurons and gila not contained entirely within the brain/spinal cord |
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| supraspinal; 12 of tem (group of nerves) |
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| mixed nerves; alpha motorneurons-causes muscles to contract |
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| information from other neurons |
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| cell body, sums information from dendrites |
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| transmits information from cell body |
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| attaches to other neurons to relay information |
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| deliver information to the CNS, give us information about the body relative to the environment, afferent |
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| connect to muscle cells which cause movement, necessary for any voluntary movement, efferent |
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| processing functions, connect neurons to each other, majority of neurons |
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| insulate, support, and nourish neighboring neurons, more plentiful than neurons |
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| most abundent glial cells-form blood-brain barrier |
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| cover axon of many neurons and speeds up transmission of impulses; found in oligodendrocytes (CNS) and schwann cells (PNS) |
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