Neurons

Question 1

Neurons

Answer 1

Individual nerve cell. Specialised to receive, process and/or transmit information.

Question 2

Dendrites

Answer 2

Receives information from other Neurons and transmits it to the soma.

Question 3

Soma

Answer 3

Cell body. It sends the neural information even from the many dendrites and sends it to the axon. Controls the metabolism and maintenance of the cell.

Question 4

Axon

Answer 4

Single, tube like, extension that transmits information away from the soma to other neurons or cells. Many axons have branches that allow messages to be sent to multiple cells.

Question 5

Axon Terminals

Answer 5

Each axon terminal has a small knob-like swelling at its its called a terminal button. The terminal button stores and secrets a chemical called neurotransmitter that carries messages to other neurons or cells.

Question 6

Sensory Neurons

Answer 6

Sensory Neurons send information from sensory receptors (e.g. in skin, eyes, nose, tongue, ears etc.) TOWARDS the CNS

Question 7

Motor Neurons

Answer 7

Sends information AWAY from the CNS to muscles, organs and glands.

Question 8

Interneurons

Answer 8

Send information BETWEEN sensory neurones and motor neurons.