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Section I:
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

8. Organization of Cell Types
Part 2 of 15

Jack C. Waymire, Ph.D.

Model Neuron
Structural Variations
Naming Neurons
Organelles

Model Neuron

Click on the parts
 of the
Model Neuron
to view structures.

 

dendrites nerve endings dendrites dendritesdendritesnerve endingsneuromuscular junctionaxonnerve endingnerve endinginitial segment or axon hillockcell soma dendrites

 

Figure 8.1

After reviewing the Model Neuron above, learn more about the function of each structure by clicking from the list below.

  1. Cell Soma
  2. Dendrite
  3. Initial Segment and Axon Hillock
  4. Axon
  5. Nerve Endings
  6. Neuromuscular Junction

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