Neuron Structure and Function by https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio en-us 2023-08-10 04:46:15 UTC 2023-08-10 05:04:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Dendrites jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659198336 Small branches that receive information and then transmit it towards the cell body. Provide a large surface area for receiving information ]]> 2023-08-10 04:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659198336 Cell body (soma) jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659198636 Contains the typical cell organelles ]]> 2023-08-10 04:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659198636 Axon jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659199427 There is only one axon that conducts information in the form of the action potentials away from the cell body. It the branches into many axon terminals. 
Its function is to deliver the impluse (action potential) to another neuron or effector (Gland or muscle) ]]> 2023-08-10 04:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659199427 Myelin sheath jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659200290 It is a fatty material that surrounds the axon. Its function is to protect and electrically insulate the axon which helps speed up the movement of the action potentials along the length of the axon. 

There are gaps between the myelin which are called the nodes of ranvier. ]]> 2023-08-10 04:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659200290 Synaptic terminals jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659202434 The synaptic terminal is the bulb end of an axon. There is the pre-synaptic terminal and post-synaptic terminal. 
It is the place where the electrical signal (action potential) is converted into a chemical signal (neurotransmitter release). 
Basically, how the neurons talk to each other. 

]]> 2023-08-10 04:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659202434 Neuron anatomy jessdickson03 https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659204120 2023-08-10 05:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jessdickson03/beu31dw0i8i9rrio/wish/2659204120