| A | B |
|---|
| Action potential | nerve impulse |
| Axon | Nerve cell process that transmits impulses away from the cell body |
| Central Nervous System | Brain and spinal cord |
| Dendrite | transmits electrical signals towards cell body |
| Gila | supporting cells of nervous tissue |
| Membrane potential | diff. in electrical charge between the inside and outside of a plasma membrane |
| Myelin | white, fatty substance |
| Nerve | Bundle of peripheral nerve fibers |
| Peripheral nervous system | connects brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body |
| Reflex arc | nerve pathway to and from the CNS |
| Synapse | nerve signals are transmitted |
| Afferent | sensory |
| Efferent | motor |
| Nervous system | brain,spinal cord and nerves |
| Schwann cells | found in the peripheral nervous system |
