Neurons🦠

Question 1

What is a neuron

Answer 1

Specialised nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses from one part of the body to another

Question 2

Axon

Answer 2

A long, thread like part of a neurone where impulses are conducted away from the cell to another part of the body

Question 3

Dendron/dendrite

Answer 3

They receive impulses and carry them towards cell body

Question 4

Myelin sheath

Answer 4

Fatty white substances surrounding axon that protects and insulates to ensure efficient impulse transmission

Question 5

Synapse

Answer 5

The part of the neurone that electrical impulses pass through(information)

Question 6

3 elements of a synapse

Answer 6

• pre-synaptic membrane
• post-synaptic membrane
• synaptic gap(cleft)

Question 7

Function of the synapse 1-4

Answer 7

1- electrical impulse travels along an axon
2- triggers nerve ending to neurone to release neurotransmitters
3-chemicals diffuse along synaptic gap and transmit signals
4-they bind with receptor molecules on membrane of next neurone