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A sheath of white, fatty protein (myelin) that covers and acts as an electrical insulator for nerve fibers.
A tiny gap between the ends of nerve fibers across which nerve impulses pass from one neuron to another; at the synapse, an impulse causes the release of a neurotransmitter, which diffuses across the gap and triggers an electrical impulse in the next neuron.
The long, hair like extension of a nerve cell that carries a message to a nearby nerve cell.
Nerve tissue of the central nervous system other than the signal-transmitting neurons. These cells are found interspersed between the neurons (which transmit the nerve signals) & provide support & insulation to them.
A cell specialized to conduct and generate electrical impulses and to carry information from one part of the brain to another.
A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or some other structure.
Connects one part of the nervous system with another via a bundle of neurons.