Neuron Packet Vocabulary

central nervous system (CNS)

somatic nervous system

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

autonomic nervous system

neurons

neuroglia

dendrite

myelin sheath

cell body

axon

synapse

junction or point of close contact between neurons

tract

nodes of Ranvier

ganglion

collection of nerve cell bodies found outside the CNS

efferent neuron

proprioceptors

stimuli

afferent neurons

neurotransmitters

refractory period

depolarization

polarized

repolarization

action potential

sodium-potassium pump

hypothalamus

pons

cerebellum

thalamus

corpus callosum

choroid plexus

cerebral peduncle