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EducationBusiness education prepares students for leadership and management roles in various industries. It focuses on critical thinking, decision-making,
problem-solving, and understanding organizational processes. A typical business program might cover topics like accounting, finance
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The Central Nervous System (CNS) Includes the brain and the spinal cord
The Peripheral Nervous System includes the nerves that connect the Central
(PNS) Nervous system with the rest of the body
2 parts of nervous tissue Glia Cells, and neurons.
Glia cell are support cells of the brain
astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes
Astrocytes makes the blood brain barrier. Connects to blood
vessels and acts as the gate keeper. Does allot with
metabolism, mostly of medication
Microglia immune cells of the brain. Migrate to the area of
injury, it covers it and cleans it up. It does not have
allot of T or B cells.
, Oligodendrocytes secretes allot of myelin. It is important for the
EducationBusiness education prepares students for leadership and
neuron. Actually wraps around portions of the
management roles in various industries. It focuses on critical
thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, and understanding
organizational processes. A typical business program might cover
neuron.
topics like accounting, finance
Myelin increases the speed of the neuron. It is the white
matter of the brain and the spinal cord.
Neurons and Glia can grow back but they grow back very slowly.
neuron information only travels in one direction. That way there is no traffic jams or
mixed signals.
Dendrites where the information comes in to the neuron
Cell Body houses the nucleus and other cell structures.
Receives signal from the dendrites.
Axon gets information from the cell body
Axon Terminals Get information from the axon. Is where we release
all of the neuron transmitters.
Myelin Not all neurons have ____ but those that do move
information quickly
Afferent Neurons are sensory neurons. Carries information to the
Central nervous system.
Interneurons makes connections within the central nervous
system.
Efferent Neurons. Motor neurons. Carry information away from the
Central nervous system and towards the periphery.