Avogadro's Toast [Gray Matter vs. White Matter (Mostly Corrections)]

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Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 5

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Episode description

This episode is beefy. It has A LOT of corrections/clarifications from Episodes 2, 3, and 4. Don’t worry, Ruka and Libby eventually get around to discussing gray vs. white matter. Learn about the little sweaters knit by your Grandma Glia.

Key Words

axon hillock, axon terminal, axon, dendrite, glia, gray matter, initial segment, neuron, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, soma, ultracrepidarian, white matter

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Exfluncticate

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Reference

Textbook: Vander’s Human Physiology, 13th Edition

Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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