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| the long extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the body of the cell |
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| the hair like ends of an axon |
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| the cell body of the neuron: it contains the nucleus (also called the soma) |
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| the branching structure of a neuron that receives messages (attached to the cell body) |
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| the fatty substance that surrounds and protects some nerve fibers |
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| one of the many gaps in the myelin sheath. This is where the action potential occurs during salutary conduction along the axon |
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| the organelle in cell body of the neuron that contains the genetic material of the cell |
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| cells that produce myelin. They are located within the myelin sheath |
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