BIOLOGY

Coordination

Neurones
3 types
Motor neurone Sensory neurone Multi-polar neurone

Contain different fibres covered in sheath A nerve can contain different types of neurones (both sensory and motor) Synapse a place where impulses are transferred from one neurone to the other

Neurones

Motor Neurone: Efferent Neuron Moving toward a central organ or point Relays messages from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles and organs

Motor Neurones

These neurons carry impulses away from the CNS towards effector organs like muscles or glands. These cells have very long axons at the end of which are motor end plates where the nerve cell can stimulate the effector organ.

Neurones

Sensory Neurone: Afferent Neuron Moving away from a central organ or point Relays messages from receptors to the brain or spinal cord

Sensory Neurones
The sensory neuron gathers information from the senses and passes it on to the central nervous system (CNS). It is attached to special receptor cells or in some cases the nerve's end is a receptor itself. When stimulated it carries an electrical impulse along its length, passed the cell body and down the axon to the nerve endings. It is here that the cell meets with another neuron (or neuron) at a junction called a synapse. The cell bodies of sensory neurons can all be found together in a nerve. This causes a swelling called a ganglion.

Neurones

Interneuron (relay neurone): Relays message from sensory neurone to motor neurone Make up the brain and spinal cord

Actions & Reflexes

VOLUNTARY ACTIONS INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS

Spinal reflex Conditioned reflex

Actions & Reflexes