B1 2.1 The nervous system

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What is a synapse?
A junction between a sensory neurone and a relay neurone in the central nervous system.
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What is a sensory neurone?
A neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
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What is a motor neurone?
A nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland
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What is a relay neurone?
They relay information from sensory neurons to motor neurons, bypassing the brain
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What are neurone's capable of?
Carrying messages in one direction
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What is a sensory neurone?

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A neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

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What is a motor neurone?

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What is a relay neurone?

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