Neuron

The neuron  is the basic functional unit of the nervous system. Each neuron has two types of fibers extending from the cell body: the dendrite, which carries impulses toward the cell body, and the axon, which carries impulses away from the cell body. 

Neuron

Some axons are covered with myelin, a whitish, fatty material that insulates and protects the axon and speeds electric conduction. Axons so covered are described as myelinated, and they make up the white matter of the nervous system. Unmyelinated tissue makes up the gray matter of the nervous system. Each neuron  is part of a relay system that carries information through the nervous system. A neuron that transmits impulses toward the CNS is a sensory neuron; a neuron that transmits impulses away from the CNS is a motor neuron. There are also connecting neurons within the CNS. 

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Neuroglial cells of the CNS

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