Nerve cells that carry signals as electrical impulses from the receptors in the sense organs to the CNS
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Relay Neurones
The nerve cells that carry signals from the sensory neurones to the motor neurones
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Motor Neurones
The nerve cells that carry signals from the CNS to the effector muscles or glands
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Effectors
Muscles and glands are known as effectors- they respond in different ways. Muscles contract in response to a nervous impulse, whereas glands secrete hormones
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Central Nervous System
Where all the information from the sense organs is sent and where reflexes and actions are coodinated
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What does the CNS consist of?
The brain and spinal cord only
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The nerve cells that carry signals from the sensory neurones to the motor neurones
Back
Relay Neurones
Card 3
Front
The nerve cells that carry signals from the CNS to the effector muscles or glands
Back
Card 4
Front
Muscles and glands are known as effectors- they respond in different ways. Muscles contract in response to a nervous impulse, whereas glands secrete hormones
Back
Card 5
Front
Where all the information from the sense organs is sent and where reflexes and actions are coodinated
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