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What is the function of the cell body?
The cell body receives information, it contains the nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles
What is another name for the cell body?
Soma
What does the cell body contain?
the nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles
What is an Axon?
a long nerve fibre that carries electrical messages from the cell body and sends it to other cells
What part of the neuron structure is a long nerve fibre that carries electrical messages from the cell body and sends it to other cells?
Axon
What are Dendrites?
short nerve fibers that carry information from other neurons to the cell body
What are the three groups that neurons can be put into?
Sensory neurons, Motor neurons, and Interneurons
What is the function of Sensory Neurons?
carry information from the senses to the brain
What is the function of motor neurons?
carry information from the brain to muscles or glands
What is the function of interneurons?
carry information between motor and sensory neurons
What is the function of Divergent Circuits?
carries nerve impulses from one place to several organs
What is the function of Convergent Circuits?
carries impulses from several places to one organ
When neurons connect to each other, what is it called?
a circuit
What are the four basic elements involved in the Interaction Function?
stimuli, receptors, coordination centers, and effectors
What are stimuli?
any changes in the environment that are detected by an organism
what are receptors?
Located in the sense organs that detect stimuli and send information to the nervous system
