1. What is the term for the part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord?
2. In neuron anatomy, which part of the neuron contains the nucleus and serves as the central processing unit of the cell?
3. What is the primary role of sensory neurons in the nervous system?
Nervous system divisions?
CNS and PNS
Neuron structure?
Cell body, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath
Neuron types?
Sensory, motor, interneurons
Neuron — definition?
Basic functional unit transmitting signals.
CNS — components?
Brain and spinal cord.
Myelin Sheath — role?
Insulates axons, speeds signals.
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