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Card 6

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Transmit nerve impulses from receptor to CNS

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Card 7

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Transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector

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Card 8

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Short processes that transmit the impulse from neurone towards body cell

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Card 9

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Long process that transmits impulse from body cell to effector

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Card 10

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Cells that are found wrapped around the axon to insulate it

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Card 11

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Gaps between Schwann cells to which nerve impulses can 'jump' from

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Card 12

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-70mV. The potential of the nerve cell when it is not conducting an impulse.

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Card 13

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When Sodium ion channels open and some sodium ions diffuse in the cell

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Card 14

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When the depolarisation is large enough to open voltage-gated channels

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Card 15

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Potassium ions diffuse out of the cell.

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