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What is a neuron? |
- nerve cells that are specialized to carry an electrical signal known as a nerve impulse - functionally a neuron be a sensory, integrative or motor
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What are sensory neurons? |
- carries a sensory stimulus - also known as afferent neurons
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What is an integrative neuron? |
- integrates/processes the sensory stimuli received from the sensory neurons. |
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What is ? |
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What is a neuron comprised of? |
- dendrites: carry the nerve impulse toward the cell body - a cell body - an axon: carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body |
