Read the following statements and decide whether they are true or false.
a) Motor (efferent) neurons carry messages to the central nervous system.
b) The nucleus of a neuron is found outside the cell body (soma).
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Card 7
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Name the types of neurons labelled A, B and C on the figure below. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
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Card 8
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Information can only travel in one direction at a synapse.
Explain why neurons can only transmit information in one direction at a synapse.
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Card 9
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Briefly outline how excitation and inhibition are involved in synaptic transmission.
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Card 10
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Martha was telling her friend Sanya about her recent frightening experience.
"I was walking home by myself in the dark. Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me and I realised that someone was getting closer to me. I saw a bus at the bus stop and decided to
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Card 11
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Jeremy is digging in the garden. He feels the spade hit a rock and stops digging immediately.
Explain how sensory, relay, and motor neurons would function in this situation.
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Card 12
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Raoul has recently been prescribed a drug for mental illness. He looks on the internet to find out more about the drug but he does not understand the phrase 'synaptic transmission'.
Write a brief explanation of synaptic transmission in the brain to help
