Nervous System Organization and Function

Functions

orientation

coordination

conceptual thought

General plan

central nervous system (CNS)

brain

spinal cord

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

cranial nerves

spinal nerves

autonomic nervous system (ANS)

sympathetic

parasympathetic

Nervous tissue

neurons

cell body (perikaryon)

dendrites

axons

synapses

myelin sheath

Schwann cells

nodes of Ranvier

classification of neurons

unipolar

bipolar

multipolar

neuroglia

astrocytes

fibrous, white matter

protoplasmic, gray matter

oligodendrocytes

microglia

nerves

investments

endoneurium

perineurium

epineurium

tracts

ganglia

sensory

autonomic

nuclei and nerve centers

peripheral nerve endings

receptors

effector nerves

motor end-plate

synapse

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Links

• Referenced sites



• Other sites



• An exhaustive list of neurohistology sites, provided by Prof. Katalin Hegedüs at the University of Debrecen, Hungary



• BrainInfo, a valuable resource for finding primate brain structures and information about those structures



• Coexpression of transporters for acetylcholine and monoamines in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons