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1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
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2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
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3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is comp
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osed of individual cells.
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4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
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5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
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,6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
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7. The role of glial cells is to act like ―glue‖ or scaffolding to support the neurons.
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8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
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9. There are two types of glial cells that produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous system,
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Schwann cells fulfill this role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.
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10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
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, 11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
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12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to
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exit the neuron.
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13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium chan
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nels are almost closed.
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14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condi
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tion, she tried to depolarize the neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
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15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
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