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Protein Provide Building Materials For The Cell and Facilitate Various Chemical Reactions.

The nervous system consists of two main cell types: neurons, which receive and transmit information, and glia, which perform support functions. Glia include astrocytes, which wrap around neuron connections and remove waste; microglia, which act as immune cells removing waste; oligodendrocytes, which form myelin sheaths insulating neuron axons in the central nervous system; and Schwann cells, which form myelin sheaths in the peripheral nervous system. The document then provides brief descriptions of other typical animal cell structures like the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes.

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Protein Provide Building Materials For The Cell and Facilitate Various Chemical Reactions.

The nervous system consists of two main cell types: neurons, which receive and transmit information, and glia, which perform support functions. Glia include astrocytes, which wrap around neuron connections and remove waste; microglia, which act as immune cells removing waste; oligodendrocytes, which form myelin sheaths insulating neuron axons in the central nervous system; and Schwann cells, which form myelin sheaths in the peripheral nervous system. The document then provides brief descriptions of other typical animal cell structures like the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes.

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INTRODUCTION NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF 2 KINDS OF CELLS 1.

Neurons - Nerve Cells cells that receives information and transmit it to other cells. 2. Glia- perform a number of tasks other than conducting messages; their functions are difficult to summarize. STRUCTURES OF AN ANIMAL CELL The edge of the cell is a MEMBRANE OR PLASMA MEMBRANE structure that separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment. All animal cells have a nucleus except for the red blood cells NUCLEUS -structure that contains the chromosomes. MITOCHONDRION is the structure that performs metabolic activities. Providing the energy that the cell requires for all its other activities. ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM- network of thin tubes that transport newly synthesized proteins to other locations. GLIA OR NEUROGLIA- the other major components of the nervous system, do not transmit information over long distances as neurons do. The functions of glia Star-shaped astrocytes wrap around the presynaptic terminals of several axons, presumably a functionally related group. Astrocytes remove waste material, particularly waste created when neurons die. MICROGLIA- very small cells. It also remove waste materials, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms. In effect they function like part of the immune system. OLIGODENDROCYTES produce myelin sheaths that insulate certain vertebrate axons in the CNS SCHWANN CELLS -Produce myelin sheaths that insulate certain vertebrate axons in the PNS. RADIAL GLIA type of astrocyte, guide the migration of neurons and the growth of their axons and dendrites during embryonic development. Microglia proliferate I areas of brain damage and remove toxic materials.

RIBOSOMES are the sites at which the cell synthesizes new protein molecules. (Protein provide building materials for the cell and facilitate various chemical reactions.)

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