6.6 The nervous system

Nerve cell
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Nerve cell

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Nerve cells / neurons 
  • Sense organs (receptors) send messages: electric impulses --> to the CNS via Sensory neurons
  • CNS send electric impulses --> to muscles and glands (effectors)  telling them wat to do via Motor neurons
  • Interneurons  are the connections between sensory and motorneurons.(in the spinal cord and the brain)

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Lets exercises

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The brain and spinal cord are part of....
A
common nervous system
B
Vital nervous system
C
nervous system
D
Central nervous system

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Which will receive a message by motor neurons?
A
Receptors in your skin
B
The spinal cord
C
The muscles in your arm
D
The brain

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Sensory neurons carry information


A
away from the brain.
B
both to and from the brain.
C
towards the brain.
D
within the brain

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A nerve cell transports an impuls within your central nervous system. This is a....
A
Motor neuron
B
Sensory neuron
C
Interneuron
D
Sensory cell

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What type of nerve cell is seen on the left in this example? How do you know this?
A
sensory neurone, it has long dendrites and axon
B
motor neurone, it has one long axon and short dendrites

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