Anatomy & Physiology › Section K · Nervous tissue › Topic K.2
Nervous tissue: neurons and glia
A neuron's shape is part of its job: where it receives input, where it decides to fire and how its axon is wrapped all shape the signal. Its glial partners keep the tissue around it stable, insulated and clean.
In this topic
- Two cell families, two jobs
- The parts of a neuron
- Myelin and its gaps
- Classifying neurons by shape
- Classifying neurons by role and name
- Astrocytes and the blood-brain barrier
- The other CNS glia
- Glia of the PNS
- Worked example: which glial cell?
- Worked example: counting Schwann cells
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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