Coordination and response Flashcards
(10 cards)
sensory neutron
carry signals from receptors to the spinal cord
relay neutron
from one part of the central nevrous system to another
motor netrone
carry signals from the centeral neverous system to effectors
process of refelx arc
- stimulus
- receptor neurone
- sensory neurone
- relay neurone
- motor neurone
- effector
- response
structure of a nerve cell
three parts needed
dendrons and dentrites
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a cell body with a nucleus
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axon
synapse
the gap between neturons in which nerotransmitters are transmitted aross by diffusion from the axon to the denderite
Axon
holds nerotransmitters and vesticles in the axon release them into the synapse
dendrite
has receptor molecules which nerotransmitters bind onto which triggers a nevre impulse in this neutron
How does a synapse work
use: axon terminal, vesticles, synaptic gap, repetor proteins, dendrite
At the end of a neurone’s axon, is an Axon terminal . As an electrical impulse arrives, vesicles containing are stimulated and they release these chemicals into the synaptic gap between neurones.
These then diffuse across the gap, binding with repetor proteins on the surface of dendrite the of the next neurone. If enough binding occurs an impulse is triggered along this neurone.
which two organs make up the centeral nevrous system
brain and spinal cord