Types of Neurons

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Functional

Sensory

Motor

Interneuron

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Structural

Multipolar

Bipolar

Unipolar

Pseudounipolar

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Sensory Neurons

Carry impulses from receptors to CNS

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Motor Neurons

Carry impulses from CNS to muscles/organs/glands

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Interneurons

Transfer messages between sensory & motor neurons

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Multipolar

Axon = 1

Dendrite = many

Most common

Motor, interneurons

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Bipolar

Axon = 1

Dendrite = 1

Eyes, ears, nose

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Unipolar

Axon = 1

Dendrite = 0

Not in humans

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Pseudounipolar

Axon = 1 (separate into 2)

Dendrite = 0

Sensory neurons

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Nerve Fibre

Extension of cytoplasm from nerve cell body (axon & dendrites)

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Nerves

Bundles of nerve fibres held by connective tissue