PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Myelin, Neuroglia, Springform Pan
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Approx 100 billion nerve cells in your brain. Neurons - all your thoughts, feelings, and behavior springform a cell in the brain to take information and produced some kind of output. Components of the neuron three basic parts: the cell body, dendrites, and axons. Cells come in all shapes and sizes. Cajal discovered that neurons are complex structures and are composed of. The cell body is the largest component of the neuron. The cell body coordinates the information processing tasks and keeps the cell. Functions such as protein synthesis, energy production and metabolism alive take place here. The cell body contains a nucleus which houses chromosomes that contain your dna or the genetic blueprint of who you are. The cell body is surrounded by a porous cell membrane that allows some molecules to flow into and out of the cell allow them to communicate: dendrites and axons. Neurons have two types of specialized extensions of the cell membrane that.
