Below are a few major topics for this chapter, listed in random order.

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• Nervous system. Hint
• Neuron structure. Hint
• Schwann cells. Hint
• Neurons. Hint
• Conduction of an action potential. Hint
• Saltatory conduction. Hint
• Action potential. Hint
• Chemical synapse. Hint
• Postsynaptic potentials. Hint
• Depolarization. Hint
• Neuron resting potential. Hint

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Note: this is not a complete list of topics from which test questions will be drawn.