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euron - ANSWER An individual nerve cell. Dendrites - ANSWER Neuron fibers that receive incoming messages. Soma - ANSWER The main body of a neuron or other cell. Axon - ANSWER Fiber that carries information away from the cell body of a neuron. Axon terminals - ANSWER Bulb-shaped structures at the en...

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, Neuron - ANSWER ✓✓✓An individual nerve cell.



Dendrites - ANSWER ✓✓✓Neuron fibers that receive incoming messages.



Soma - ANSWER ✓✓✓The main body of a neuron or other cell.



Axon - ANSWER ✓✓✓Fiber that carries information away from the cell body of a neuron.



Axon terminals - ANSWER ✓✓✓Bulb-shaped structures at the ends of axons that form
synapses with the dendrites and somas other neurons.



Resting potential - ANSWER ✓✓✓The electrical charge of a neuron at rest.



Threshold - ANSWER ✓✓✓The point at which a nerve impulse is triggered.




Ion channels - ANSWER ✓✓✓Tiny openings through the axon membrane.



Negative after-potential - ANSWER ✓✓✓A drop in electrical charge below the resting potential.



Myelin - ANSWER ✓✓✓A fatty layer coating some axons.



Saltatory conduction - ANSWER ✓✓✓The process by which never impulses conducted down
the axons of neurons coated with myelin jump from gap to gap in the myelin layer.

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