Nerve Cells

1. nerve cell extensions are called nerve ______
4. These neurons have a single process that branches to form a central process and peripheral process
5. Type of glia that carries on phagocytosis
8. Place where nerve information is transmitted from one neuron to another
9. Star shaped glia that feed the neurons by picking up glucose
11. are found only in the PNS and support nerve fibers
13. cranial nerves originate here
17. These cells form thin sheets that line cavities in the brain
18. These neurons have one axon and several dendrites
21. This is the rest or repair division
24. structural and functional center of the entire nervous system
25. This division prepares the body for fight or flight

2. Another name for the cell body
3. The visceral effectors of the ANS carry information smooth muscles, cardiac muscles and _____
6. Support the neurons
7. Excitable cells that conduct impulses
10. carry information to the skeletal muscles
12. This division of the nervous system consists of incoming sensory pathways
14. the efferent division consists of all outgoing _______ pathways
15. These neurons are found in the retina, inner ear and olfactory pathway
16. produce the fatty myelin sheath
19. receive stimuli and conduct electrical signals
20. Bundles of intermediate filaments
21. consists of nerve tissues that lie in the periphery
22. Microscopic gaps in the myelin sheath are called nodes of _______
23. Conduct impulses away from the cell body