neurons and synapses
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Neurons and synapses. Organization of the Nervous System. Central nervous system (CNS) Brain Spinal cord Peripheral nerves. Sensory and motor neurons. Sensory neurons Carry nerve impulses from to the CNS Motor neurons Carry impulses from the CNS to effectors - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Neurons and synapses
Organization of the Nervous System
• Central nervous system (CNS)– Brain– Spinal cord
• Peripheral nerves
Sensory and motor neurons
• Sensory neurons– Carry nerve impulses from to the CNS
• Motor neurons– Carry impulses from the CNS to effectors – effectors (muscle and gland cells)
• Relay neurons– Carry impulses within the CNS– between neurons
Structure of a motor neuron
Synapses
Synapse- Junction between two neurons
• Messages are passed across the synapse in the form of chemicals - Neurotransmitters
Stages in synaptic transmission
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Vocabulary• Central nervous system (CNS): part
of nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord, regulating the body’s responses to external and internal stimuli
• Neurons: cells in the central nervous system that can carry messages at high speed in the form of electrical impulses.
• Spinal cord: a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain
• Peripheral nerves: nerves that connect all parts of the body to the central nervous sytem
• Sensory neurons: neurons that carry nerve impulses from sensory cells (receptors) to the CNS
• Motor neurons: neurons that carry impulses from the CNS to effectors (muscle and gland cells)
• Relay neurons: neurons that carry impulses within the CNS, from one neuron to another
• Axon: a long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron’s cell body (soma)
• Dendrites: the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to soma
• Neurotransmitters: endogenous chemicals which transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell across a synapse
• Depolarization: a change in cell’s membrane potential, making it more positive, or less negative
• Vesicles: a small membrane-enclosed sac that can store or transport susbstances