Nervous system and Reflex arcs

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How many sense organs are connected to the nervous system?

5

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What special cells are sense organs made of?

Receptors

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What do receptors do?

  • Respond to certain stimulus

  • Collect surrounding information to pass it on through electrical impulses along neurones to the central nervous system

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What make up the Central Nervous System?

Brain and Spinal cord

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What does your Central Nervous System do?

Store information or decide a reaction

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Reflex arc - 1

Stimulus - eg heat

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Reflex arc - 2

Receptor - eg skin

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Reflex arc - 3

Sensory neurone

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Reflex arc - 4

Co-ordinator - either spinal cord or brain

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Reflex arc - 5

Motor neurone

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Reflex arc - 6

Effector - either muscle or gland

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Reflex arc - 7

Response - eg pulling away

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