Nervous System - Key definitions

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Sensory neruon

Carries impulses from the receptor to the central nervous system

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Motor neuron

Carries impulses away from the central nervous system

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Receptor cells

detects stimulus

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Nodes of ranvier

Speeds up nerve transmission

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Cell Body

Contains the nucleus

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Schwann cells

produces myelin

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Synapse

found betwen neurons to ensure impulses go in one direction