II. Neurons 1. Parts of Neuron: neuron is a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system; dendrite, nucleus, soma/cell body, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, semi-permeable membrane, axon terminals, synapse/synaptic cleft or gap; information travels from the sensory neurons(aka afferent) to the interneurons(neurons in the brain and spinal cord that serve as an intermediary b/w sensory and motor neurons, carry info around the brain for processing) then finally to the motor neurons(carry…
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